Grienenberg prisoner of war camp in Hagen-Kassebruch
The Grienenberg POW camp is a memorial in Kassebruch , a district of Hagen (Bremen) that dates back to a POW camp from the First World War . After the barracks were dismantled, the brick building from the time before the war was used as a branch of the Lüneburg prison until 1929.
location
The camp was located on today's Grienenberg road , which branches off west of the town of Kassebruch from the district road 51 of Hagen to the Hagen junction of the federal motorway 27 .
history
Today five Russian soldiers who perished in the camp in 1918/1919 rest in the war grave cemetery . The Kassebruch prison camp was established in Kassebruch-Grienenberg in late autumn 1914. As early as 1913, a building was used to house prisoners. It was supplemented by four barracks for 250 people each. In addition, a kitchen, storage rooms, a hospital and a barrack for guards were set up.
“At the end of January 1915, around 1,000 Russian, Serbian, Belgian and French prisoners of war were transferred to Kassebruch. They were used as agricultural workers on farms in the surrounding villages ( Driftsethe , Rechtenfleth , Sandstedt , Offenwarden , Uthlede , Hagen , Bramstedt ). "
The prisoners also did cultivation work in Offenwarder and Sandstedter Moor . They also dug the Indiek Canal, which stretched from Uthleder Berg to the Weser in Indiek, a district of Loxstedt , and drained the Grienenbergsmoor and other wetlands. The necessary sand was brought in from Uthleder Berg in a truck. All work was done by hand.
literature
- In decent condition again, article in the Nordsee-Zeitung from June 3, 2013
Web links
- Project website of the Hermann Allmersschule in Hagen on the Grienenberg prison camp ( Memento from May 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Hagen-Kassebruch history and memorial plaque on the volksbund.de page
- When the war hit the village, Die Linke website , November 16, 2013
Single receipts
- ↑ Location map of the memorial ( Memento from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
