Cenotaphs in the municipality of Wennigsen (Deister)
In the community of Wennigsen there are six memorials for soldiers who died in the two world wars. The war memorials are registered architectural monuments. The monuments are mostly located in the localities that were independent municipalities until the establishment of the Wennigsen municipality in 1970. In addition to the memorials, there are memorial plaques in the community to warn against war and displacement, or time capsules warn against it.
Bredenbeck
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Edification
The memorial in Bredenbeck is on Deisterstraße on Lindenplatz. In the square originally designed by the Hanoverian court architect Laves, it was erected in memory of the fallen Bredenbeck soldiers in 1921. The memorial was renovated in 1952 and the fallen soldiers of World War II were added. In the south-eastern line of sight, the east cross was erected to commemorate the escape after the World War. The monument was renovated in 2009 as part of the Hannover Garden Region campaign with public funds and donations.
Time capsules
During the renovation work, a time capsule with historical documents was found. These were original documents from 1921 and 1952. The history of the fire brigade , the women's, the warrior, the cycling club and other local institutions can be found in 42 handwritten documents from 1921. After the Second World War, the then Bredenbeck municipal director Dörries added and Mayor Klaare added a warning letter. Excerpts: After the collapse of the so-called 1000 year empire, which turned our fatherland into ruins, everything had to be rebuilt after 1945. Around 9 million people were displaced from the East and had to be housed in West Germany. As a result, Bredenbeck was assigned 1,000 refugees and the housing shortage took on unnatural forms. The settlement was started with the establishment of the district settlement company and over time approx. 100 houses with 200 apartments are to be built. Furthermore, today, August 12th, 1952, the construction of the water pipeline began, which is supposed to remedy the water calamity on the Ostdeister. May peace be preserved so that we can live and work in happiness and contentment for many years to come. In 2009 a new time capsule was installed. The Heimatbund has described the current situation of the place, the mayor of Back and the mayor of Meineke enclosed a letter. In addition to a description of the work on the monument and an explanation of the garden region project, it expresses the wish that the citizens of Bredenbeck can continue to live in peace and freedom.
Degersen
The Degers war memorial is on Danquardstrasse, corner of Neuer Hagen. It was built from local sandstone and bears the Iron Cross and the names of the sons of the then independent municipality of Degersen who died in World War I. On the northern side, the names of the fallen soldiers of the subsequent Second World War are listed on a copper plaque.
Evestorf
The war memorial consists of a 250 cm high sandstone block on a stepped base. It's on the street Zum Riessenfelde . It was built in 1921 by a resolution of the local council in what was then the community garden on Hannoversche Strasse. The builder was a sculptor Mensing from Hanover. It was looked after by a warrior association Holtensen and Evestorf , who laid a wreath there every year. In 1963 it was moved to its current location and has been a monument since 1987.
On the western edge of the village, the Peace Oak stands in memory of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig .
Holtensen
The memorial is on the grounds of the Holtenser Church. Under an eagle stylized from sandstone and the inscription Our Heroes it bears the names of the 61 Holtensians who died in the Second World War.
Sorsum
In 1958 the local council decided to replace the oak plaque on the chapel with the fallen soldiers of the First World War with a memorial for the dead soldiers of both wars. In 1961 the monument was erected on the right side of the chapel entrance. The design comes from the Ronnenberg stonemasonry Wenzel, the execution was carried out by Georg Höflich from Sorsum. It is made of hard sandstone. The coats of arms of the former German eastern territories are carved on the side.
Wennigsen
A war memorial stone for those who fell in World War I from the Wennigsen parish, which includes the villages of Argestorf , Bönnigsen , Degersen and Wennigsen, stands by the chapel in the Wennigs cemetery . A war cemetery was also laid out in the Wennigs cemetery for the fallen of the Second World War . There is also a plaque at the Wennigsen Spritzenhaus to commemorate those firefighters who died in the First World War.
The Wennigsen monument, on the other hand, is reminiscent of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig.
War memorial stone Wennigser Friedhof
War cemetery at Wennigs cemetery
Memorial plaque at the Wennigsen syringe house
Scharnhorst Monument Wennigsen
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See also
credentials
- ↑ http://www.buergermeisterblog.de/2009/04/grundstein-des-bredenbecker-denkmals.html accessed on September 10, 2011
- ↑ http://www.buergermeisterblog.de/2009/04/neue-zeitkapsel-ins-bredenbecker.html
- ↑ Horst Schmiedchen: Chronicle of the village Evestorf . Vol. 1, 2nd revised. Edition, 2007; P. 142
- ↑ Fritz Gevecke: Chronicle of the village Sorsum 850 years celebration in 1130 - 1980. Self-published Fritz Gevecke, Sorsum 1982; P. 94