Fallen Memorial (Hiddestorf)
The Fallen Memorial is a listed war memorial in Hiddestorf , a district of Hemmingen in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . The memorial was built in honor of the First World War fallen from Hiddestorf and from the neighboring Ohlendorf built. It was later expanded to accommodate those who died in both places in World War II, as well as relatives of the refugees and displaced persons who came here .
Every year at the Hiddestorfer Memorial, the victims of both world wars, persecution and displacement are commemorated on the day of national mourning.
description
The multi-part memorial was erected in the line of sight of the section of Schulstrasse leading to the Hiddestorfer Nikolai Church on the north side of the tower on the leveled old church cemetery . Hiddestorf long had a new cemetery on Birkenweg south of the church. The parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Nikolai Church includes not only Hiddestorf but also the Hemminger district of Ohlendorf, which is directly to the north.
The joint memorial for those who fell in World War I from the two locations is in the shadow of tall, around 125-year-old linden trees and beeches . It is beautifully crafted from light sandstone . The figure of a sunken warrior rests on a high plinth.
On the stone wall that borders the memorial to the east, a paw cross and a series of metal tablets were attached to those who died in the two places in World War II .
Inscriptions
For those who fell in the First World War
On the high plinth under the warrior figure, the names and dates of death of the 32 fallen and 5 missing are noted as an inscription on the rounded narrow sides . On the north side is the inscription:
In memory of
our fighters,
who gave their lives for the fatherland in the World War
1914-1918 . In gratitude, the communities of Hiddestorf Ohlendorf
On the south side it says:
177 men from
the communities of
Hiddestorf-Ohlendorf
were
under arms during the World War 1914-1918
For those killed in World War II
The five plaques to the right of the paw cross bear the names of 83 fallen and missing people. The plaque on the far left bears the inscription
The memory of
the fallen and
Missing people in
World War II
1939 - 1945
The communities of
Hiddestorf
and
Ohlendorf
From the middle of the middle panel, after the heading from the east of Germany, the 42 names of those who fell among the relatives of refugees and displaced persons who came to Hiddestorf follow . In 1953 a memorial for refugees and displaced persons was erected in the Ohlendorf district .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Herbert Möller (ed.), Henner Hannig (arrangement): Landkreis Hannover. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony , Volume 13.1.) Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden, 1988, ISBN 3-528-06207-X , p. 304.
- ↑ Tobias Lehmann: Memorial Day: An overview of the commemorations. www.haz.de , November 15, 2018, accessed October 31, 2019 .
- ↑ The day of national mourning in Hemmingen. www.leine-on.de, November 1, 2017, accessed October 31, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Where did Hiddestorf get its name from in: Hiddestorf. www.hiddestorf-info.de, accessed on October 31, 2019 (source: HAZ from August 15, 1958).
- ↑ Burials in the cemeteries of the city of Hemmingen. (PDF; 836 kB) City of Hemmingen, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ A journey through the Nikolai Church in Hiddestorf. Church district Laatzen-Springe, accessed on October 31, 2019 .
- ^ A b c d Hiddestorf, City of Hemmingen, District Region Hannover, Lower Saxony. www.denkmalprojekt.org, accessed on October 31, 2019 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 49.2 " N , 9 ° 42 ′ 43.7" E