Fallen Memorial (Wilkenburg)
The Fallen Memorial is a listed war memorial in Wilkenburg , a district of Hemmingen in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . The annual memorial event with wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the victims of both world wars , persecution and displacement takes place at the memorial on the day of national mourning .
description
The memorial is on Kirchstrasse in front of the Wilkenburg St. Vitus Church .
An obelisk stands on a multi-level substructure . The middle part of the obelisk is provided with the raised relief of a helmeted soldier's head and the inscription 1914–1918 .
The large sandstone cuboid in the substructure is decorated on the front with a carved relief garland of honor . It frames the inscription
YOUR BRAVE
BROTHERS IN
faithful COMMEMORATE
THE CHURCH
Wilke BURG
Further inscriptions on the sides give the surname and first name of 17 fallen soldiers in the First World War .
Behind the obelisk there are stone tablets with the surnames and first names of 63 fallen soldiers of the Second World War .
War cemeteries in Wilkenburg
According to the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge, there are two war dead in the cemetery in Wilkenburg .
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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. 117.
- ^ Commemorations on Memorial Day in Hemmingen. www.leineblitz.de, November 11, 2019, accessed on November 11, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Wilkenburg, City of Hemmingen, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony. www.denkmalprojekt.org, accessed on November 11, 2019 .
- ^ Hemmingen - Wilkenburg, cemetery. In: List view of the war cemeteries. Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge eV, November 11, 2019, accessed on November 11, 2019 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 47.2 " N , 9 ° 45 ′ 33.5" E