Heilbrunn (municipality of Anger)

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Heilbrunn ( village )
Heilbrunn (municipality of Anger) (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Weiz  (WZ), Styria
Judicial district Wheat
Pole. local community Angerf0
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Coordinates 47 ° 20 '14 "  N , 15 ° 36' 32"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '14 "  N , 15 ° 36' 32"  Ef1
height 1032  m above sea level A.
Residents of the stat. An H. 36 (2001)
Post Code 8172f1
prefix + 43/3179f1
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

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As Kirchweiler, Heilbrunn is the largest town in the municipality of Anger in Styria.

history

Heilbrunn can look back on a history of around 380 years.

Well chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Heilbrunn

The healing effect of the source of the "Holy Well" was the origin of the place. The small town of Heilbrunn is also known for its music association.

US bomber crash in 1943

On October 1, 1943, an American B-24 Liberator bomber crashed near Heilbrunn after an aerial battle over the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke . The machine with the serial number 41-23711 was piloted by William F. Stein, who was killed together with eight men of his crew in the crash. The only survivor was the navigator William W. Sykes, who was then taken prisoner for 19 months. The fallen Americans were first buried in the village cemetery and transferred to the United States in March 1950, where they found their final resting place in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis .

Today there is a memorial stone in German and English on a hiking trail near the crash site.

This B-24 with the serial number 41-23711, piloted by William F. Stein, crashed on October 1, 1943 near Heilbrunn.
Heilbrunn (Styria)
Heilbrunn
Heilbrunn
Location in Styria

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Culture and sights

Web links

Commons : Maria Heilbrunn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria: Styria (excluding Graz). Heilbrunn. Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 1982/2006, 2nd unchanged edition, p. 173, ISBN 3-85028-422-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. Forum entry ( memento of the original from November 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website www.armyairforces.com, accessed November 9, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.armyairforces.com
  2. ^ William F. Stein in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  3. Crash of an American bomber near Naintsch / Heilbrunn , website regiowiki.at, accessed on November 11, 2014