Elberfeld Cemetery of Honor
The Elberfeld Cemetery of Honor is one of two cemeteries of honor in the city of Wuppertal . It is located on the flank of the Kiesberg below the Königshöhe . 567 fallen soldiers of the First World War rest on it .
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The 2.1 hectare cemetery is located on Königshöher Weg in the Elberfeld-West district of Wuppertal, near the Von-der-Heydt Tower . It was designed by the architects Heinrich Rudolf Jacobs and Walter Schwagenscheidt at the beginning of the First World War and deliberately kept simple. The simple grave crosses are made of shell limestone .
On November 21, 1926, the war memorial was inaugurated on the Elberfeld cemetery of honor. The names of the fallen were recorded on 14 bronze plaques that were mounted between two stone reliefs by the sculptor Rex . The groups of figures symbolize the collapse and reconstruction of Germany. Of the 14 bronze tablets, apparently because of their metal value, first one and then five more bronze tablets were stolen by metal thieves in November 2017. The remaining panels were then dismantled by the city and stored in a secret location as a precaution.
In addition to those who died in the war between 1914 and 1918, 20 victims of the Kapp Putsch rest in the cemetery of honor . A sarcophagus stands in the middle of the row of memorial stones for those who died in March 1920 .
A memorial column to commemorate the wars of liberation in 1813 was erected below the area of the cemetery of honor, which was enclosed by a natural stone wall . Later a bronze plaque was put up in memory of the victims of the two world wars. The eagle on the obelisk was stolen in 1987.
The memorial of the 1st East Prussian Infantry Division was inaugurated in 1959 between the memorial column and the cemetery of honor.
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literature
- Bettina Tewes: Wuppertal cemeteries. Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2006, ISBN 3-8313-1619-8 , pp. 58-73.
- Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal. Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1991, ISBN 3-87093-057-8 , pp. 173-174, pp. 200-204, pp. 246-247, p. 383.
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 41 " N , 7 ° 7 ′ 26" E