Cumberland Memorial
The Cumberland Memorial was erected on June 6, 2002 on Norderney Island . It is a replica of the original from 1866, which was destroyed while trying to move it in 1938.
The monument has the shape of a small obelisk on a square base. On each of the four sides of the base there is a reference to a member of the Hanover royal family:
- Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover
- Georg V, King of Hanover , his father
- Marie, Queen of Hanover , his mother
- Ernst August I, King of Hanover , his grandfather
history
In 1836 Crown Prince Georg, later King George V of Hanover, who was also Duke of Cumberland , visited the island of Norderney for the first time . He liked the sea air and made Norderney one of his summer residences. On August 10, 1861, the bathing attendant Gerrelt Janssen saved the 16-year-old Crown Prince Ernst August, the eldest son of George V, from drowning and with it the House of Cumberland from extinction. This act was the actual reason for the erection of the monument.
literature
- Cumberland Monument has been reconstructed . In: Stadtarchiv Norderney (ed.): Archive Journal . 2nd Edition. June 2002.
Web links
- Norbert Fiks: Monuments in East Frisia . Norbert Fiks. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
Coordinates: 53 ° 42 ′ 41 ″ N , 7 ° 10 ′ 12 ″ E