Monument to Infantry Regiment No. 95
The monument to Infantry Regiment No. 95 in Gotha ( Thuringia ) was a statue in the rose garden from 1927.
history
In the oval between the two ramps on the south side of the palace terrace, the war memorial rose in the former free riding arena in gratitude to remember all heroes from the city and country of Gotha who died in the World War . The association of former nineties wanted to keep alive the memory of the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 and the troops that emerged from it during the World War. The serious warrior depicted in field equipment stands in a waiting position and embodies the saying: “Always ready!” In a sense, he represented the “watch on the peace stone”.
This model by Professor Dammann from Berlin was selected by a large majority from among 18 designs by appointed artists . The height of the monument was 7 meters, its weight 48,000 kilograms. The foundation stone was laid on October 31, 1926, Reformation Day. The monument was inaugurated on June 12, 1927.
In 1946 it was ordered to first remove the figure of the soldier, chisel off the inscriptions and remove the bullets. Shortly afterwards it was decided by the anti-fascist bloc that the entire pedestal had to disappear with it. So nothing was left of the monument. In its place in 1967 a memorial for anti-fascist resistance fighters was erected. This monument has also disappeared today and the square is slowly taking on the shape of the old riding arena.