Granahöhe
The Granahöhe is an approximately 30 meter high, wooded rock terrace on the Moselle , western foot of the 347 meter high Liescher Mountain in the municipality of Wasserliesch in Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located about 10 km southwest of Trier on the edge of a valley widening near the confluence of the Saar and Moselle rivers near the city of Konz .
The Granahöhe is reminiscent of the Imperial General Otto Heinrich Marchese de Grana , who commanded the right wing of an anti-French coalition army on August 11, 1675 in the “ Battle of the Konzer Bridge ” from this hill and made a significant contribution to its victory. The opponents under the command of Marshal Francois de Bonne de Créqui were crushed.
monument
The granade monument erected on August 7, 1892 on Granahöhe commemorates the event . Conceived in the era of Wilhelminism , it symbolizes the German national consciousness that had grown stronger after the establishment of the empire in 1871, but also breathes the spirit of that contemporary propaganda that believed that France was a hereditary enemy .
An inscription carved in the stone documents the battle as follows:
On August 11, 1675, German troops, imperial, Lorraine, Lueneburgers, Munsterlanders, Osnabrückers, Trier under Duke Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg won a brilliant victory over the French under Marshal de Crequi.
From this height the imperial general Grana launched the attack of the right wing, which decided the defeat of the enemy after three hours of fighting.
Remain German, amicably! So you stay powerful!
Soon after this battle, Trier was wrested from the violence of the French and the elector Archbishop Karl Caspar von der Leyen, who was distinguished by his German convictions, moved back into his capital.
In the press it was said: "In particular, the ingenious execution of the triumphal arch of the 'Warrior League' attracted the attention of passers-by." The inscription: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (It is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland) illustrates the extent to which the builders of the granade monument were guided by the new national consciousness. So the keynote speaker, the Trier District President Adolf von Heppe , spoke before the handover of the monument to the then community association Konz-Wasserliesch "of the earlier encouraging ('discouraging' one would rather say today) conditions in Germany" and referred to " our united and powerful Germany today ”. He recalled "the importance of the battle of Conz on August 11, 1675, the memory of which was celebrated by the Grana monument". And the newspaper goes on to write: "The cheer for His Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm II, which was raised with inflammatory words at the end of the celebratory speech when the cover fell, met with a roaring response ...".
Today the memorial is part of the "Culture and Orchid Trail" set up by the Upper Moselle community of Wasserliesch with EU support in 2005/2006 .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 47.7 " N , 6 ° 33 ′ 4.8" E