Monument to the fallen of World War I Kirchhain (Doberlug-Kirchhain)
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The memorial for the fallen of the First World War is a protected monument in the small town of Doberlug-Kirchhain in the Elbe-Elster district in southern Brandenburg . Here it can be found in the district of Kirchhain, which received town charter between 1434 and 1457 and was merged with Doberlug to form today's town of Doberlug-Kirchhain in 1950. It is recorded in the local monument register under registration number 09136022.
The monument, which has the shape of a sword rammed into the ground , is located at the southern end of a green area on the street "Am Hagwall" in the immediate vicinity of the Catholic Church. It is intended to commemorate the inhabitants of the city who died in the First World War . The creation of the monument is dated to 1934. The artist Hermann Kurt Hosaeus was responsible for the design . The clients were the local war club and the Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten , an armed arm of the anti-democratic German National People's Party (DNVP). After the First World War, the sword, which was sunk into the ground, was supposed to symbolize "the expectation of the founders that a new Siegfried would come soon, who would pull out the bare steel for a new fight." Set up near churches, as happened in Kirchhain.
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- ↑ a b Database of the Brandenburg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and the State Archaeological Museum ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 25, 2018.
- ↑ Loretana de Libero: Vengeance and Triumph: War, Feelings and Commemoration in the Modern Age . Walter de Gruyter, 2014, p. 110 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 7.3 " N , 13 ° 33 ′ 49.2" E