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Elten memorial in the Deister

The Eltendenkmal is a monument in the municipality of Wennigsen . It is in Deister , near the Waldkater settlement . The monument is a roughly 149 centimeter high machined sandstone block on a base.

The royal forester Eduard Elten was found shot dead at his location. Elten, who was known as an energetic hunter, was transferred to the Deisterforst due to the then high incidence of poaching . In an exchange of fire in 1835, Elten was shot by a poacher. His grave is in the Wennigs cemetery , where a splendid tombstone was also placed, which is still standing today.

The Jägerhof Hannover called immediately after the event to raise funds for a monument and a memorial to Elten. A prominent donor and supporter was Friedrich von Kielmansegg . The Eltendenkmal was built in 1835, as was the classicist and historicist tomb in the cemetery, in Ernst von Bandel's workshop in what was then Eisenstrasse in Hanover .

page inscription
Head side Eduard CIF Elten, Royal. Hunter
West side Born in the Binnener Forsthofe on March 9th, 1808, died in the Wennigs forest district on March 1st, 1835
East Side As a person worthy of respect and amiable, distinguished in service by courage and efficiency, he died in his profession in the prime of life by the bullet of a poacher, to whom he himself gave death.
back Comrades, fellow hunters and friends erected this monument.

literature

  • Winfried Gehrke: The parents story "Murder on Hülsebrink in the Deister". Documentation on the 180th anniversary of the death of the royal court hunter Eduard CJF Elten , Wennigsen, 2015
  • Friedrich Wüllner: From Wennigsen's past / contributions to local history . Self-published by Wennigsen, 1973
  • Preparatory committee for the 750th anniversary of the Wennigsen community: 750 years of Wennigsen 1200 - 1950 . 1950, p. 77

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.suehnekreuz.de: Waldkater (II) / OT von Wennigsen
  2. ↑ a b Winfried Gehrke: Die Eltengeschichte , Wennigsen, 2015. (see literature)

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 2 ″  N , 9 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E