Austrian war cemetery in Ritzebüttel

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The Austrian war cemetery Ritzebüttel is located in the cemetery of the Martins parish in the Ritzebüttel district of Cuxhaven in Germany . 51 dead of the Austrian Imperial and Royal Navy lie here , who died in the naval battle off Heligoland in 1864 .

Sea battle off Heligoland

The naval battle south of Heligoland in 1864 resulted in dead and wounded on the Austrian frigates Schwarzenberg and Radetzky . The frigate Schwarzenberg was set on fire.

War graves

The area at the cemetery was acquired by Emperor Franz Josef , the 51 dead from the naval battle were buried and a memorial was erected in the middle of the cemetery. The dead are named on the memorial. The monument is a four meter high obelisk . A gold-plated double-headed eagle is attached to the top. The monument is framed by Schwarzenberg anchor chains , which are stretched between round stone pillars that carry cannon balls.

Commemoration

The grave field is visited by members of Austrian naval comradeships and representatives of the Republic of Austria, the Austrian Black Cross and the city of Cuxhaven. The Austrian Black Cross, the parish of the Martinskirche in Cuxhaven-Ritzebüttel, the marine comradeships Admiral Tegetthoff in Graz and Admiral Ruge in Cuxhaven look after the war cemetery.

Other memorials

St. Joseph Church (St. Pauli), memorial plaque for Austria's country and marines 1864–1866
Memorial in Hamburg, below Palmaille 45, for the fallen in the naval battle of Heligoland in 1864
Helgoland, dune, cemetery of the nameless: memory of the dead in the naval battle of Helgoland in 1864

The wounded in the sea battle were brought to Altona . At the Catholic St. Joseph in Hamburg, a commemorative plaque commemorates the Austrian land and sea soldiers who died in the Hamburg hospitals and who were buried in the burial place of the church. In memory of them, a memorial was erected based on a design by Martin Haller and WP Behrmann . This was supplemented in 1896/97 by an ornament cartouche at the upper end and a coat of arms cartouche at the lower end. It was implemented in 1958 on the Elbe slope above Große Elbstraße in the green area of ​​the Elbe bank hiking trail below the Palmaille 45 house .

A memorial plaque on Heligoland (in the cemetery of the nameless on the dune ) also commemorates the dead in this naval battle.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerd Stolz: Memorials to the naval battle near Heligoland. In: Board letter from the Naval Comradeship and from the seaman's choir Admiral Tegetthoff , June 2009.
  2. ^ Dieter Allesch: Commemorative groups of the ÖSK regional office in Styria to Cuxhaven. In: Austrian Black Cross under News , accessed on June 28, 2014.
  3. ^ Cuxhaven-Ritzebüttel (Austrian naval memorial in the cemetery), Lower Saxony.
  4. ↑ Helmut Schoenfeld: Commemoration of the dead of the sea battle off Helgoland in 1864. In: Ohlsdorf - Zeitschrift für Trauerkultur, No. 102, III, 2008, August 2008.
  5. ↑ Hamburg-Altona (monument on the Palmaille) .
  6. ↑ a b Helmut Schoenfeld: Memorial stone for the dead in the naval battle in 1864 off Heligoland (supplement). In: Ohlsdorf - Journal for Trauerkultur, No. 107, IV, 2009, November 2009.
  7. ↑ Hamburg-Altona (monument on the Palmaille) .
  8. ^ Helmut Schoenfeld: Maritime memorials on the edge of Hamburg's port. In: Ohlsdorf - magazine for mourning culture, issue 91, IV, 2005 - November 2005.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 51 ′ 21.5 "  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 11.1"  E