Cenotaph for the fallen of the world wars in Frankfurt-Seckbach

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Cenotaph for the Seckbach soldiers in the World Wars in Lohrpark on the Lohrberg in Frankfurt am Main - Seckbach

The memorial for those who fell in Seckbach during the World Wars is located within the green areas of the Lohrpark on the Lohrberg in the Seckbach district of Frankfurt am Main .

history

Seckbach's war memorial

A warrior memorial for the Seckbachers who fell during the German Wars of Unification in 1864, 1866 and 1870/71 stands in front of the churchyard of the Marienkirche . It has a cuboid base with an obelisk-like attachment in which the name and dedication are carved.

The memorial for those killed in Seckbach during the First World War was erected and ceremoniously inaugurated in 1930 in the recently completed Lohrpark on the Lohrberg in Frankfurt-Seckbach, which is part of the Berger ridge, by a resolution of the city ​​council . The Seckbach district association and numerous other local associations sent representatives in tails and top hats with association flags and honorary wreaths to commemorate the 125 Seckbach fallen on fifteen metal plaques.

Almost fifty years after the end of the Second World War , the city administration of Frankfurt decided to dedicate the memorial to those who died in Seckbach, which was done on November 23, 1993 by putting up a corresponding plaque.

Wreaths and flower arrangements are laid on the occasion of Eternal Sunday or Sunday of the Dead and the anniversary of the liberation on May 8th (1945).

The outer wall of the memorial, defaced by graffiti , was cleaned in 2014. So far, however, no means have been found against the use of the forecourt as a drinker's meeting place .

characterization

The monument is a 5 × 10 meter area that is surrounded by a 1.70 meter high natural stone wall. It has a visible inner courtyard with a two-wing access gate made of diagonally arranged metal struts, a sand-strewn forecourt with benches and a staircase. The inner courtyard itself is paved with natural stones, in front of the memorial plaques there is a flowerbed made of natural stones. The memorial is part of the Lohrpark, which was built in 1924, and is dominated by a 5 meter high cross.

In the inner courtyard of the memorial, sixteen metal plates were attached to the longest wall opposite the entrance, on which the names of the fallen in the Seckbach district can be read. Fifteen of these metal plates are arranged in three rows one above the other, the sixteenth plate was attached to the right of the middle row.

The middle panel in the top row bears the inscription Den Gefallenen zum Gedächtnis, the Jugend zum Vermegnis , the sixteenth panel from 1993 bears the words Den Toten von 1939–1945 .

The memorial faces the Seckbach district on a hillside and is largely surrounded by bushes and trees. At its rear, it is directly adjacent to the Lohrberger Hang vineyard managed by the City of Frankfurt am Main winery . From the forecourt of the memorial and the benches there, you have a clear view of part of the green spaces in Lohrpark, parts of Seckbach, Huthpark and the Frankfurt skyline.

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Detailed view of the memorial plaques in the inner courtyard of the memorial for the Seckbach soldiers who fell in the World Wars in Lohrpark on the Lohrberg (can be read at maximum magnification).

literature

  • Folker Rochelmeyer: Seckbach and its surroundings. Frankfurter Sparkasse from 1822 - Polytechnische Gesellschaft (Ed.), 1972, DNB 720292417 .
  • Folker Rochelmeyer: Festschrift 1100 Years of Seckbach, 880-1980. Festival committee 1100 years of Seckbach e. V. (ed.). 1980, DNB 810534754 .
  • Lino Masala, Volker Rödel, Heike Risse, Heinz Schomann: Monument topography city of Frankfurt am Main. Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt, Lower Monument Authority (ed.). 1986, ISBN 3-528-06238-X .
  • Walter Sauer: Seckbacher story (s). Kultur- und Sportring 1954 Frankfurt am Main-Seckbach e. V. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main 2000, DNB 960993045 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Sauer: Seckbacher story (s). Kultur- und Sportring 1954 Frankfurt am Main-Seckbach e. V. (ed.), Frankfurt am Main 2000, pp. 62 and 109.
  2. ↑ These are Frankfurt's forgotten monuments in Bildzeitung Frankfurt from July 15, 2014, p. 17.
  3. ^ Memorial for the dead 1939–1945 Lohrberg. In: Art in Public Space Frankfurt. (Attention: starting with the designation there are several incorrect entries)

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Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 59.8 ″  N , 8 ° 43 ′ 44 ″  E