Hunter's Monument (Kempten)

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The Hunter's Memorial on Memorial Day in 2011

The Jägerdenkmal in Kempten (Allgäu) commemorates the victims and fallen in both world wars. It is located in the hood lock system .

location

The monument is located south of the Allgäu-Gymnasium at an altitude of about 740 meters and is oriented towards the Allgäu Alpine chain . It is located near Jägerstrasse and Zwanzigerstrasse. The square in front of the monument was in the Nazi era Adolf Hitler Square and was after the Second World War in Audogarplatz renamed after the founder and first abbot of Kempten monastery , Audogar .

History and description

Memorial Day 2015
Wreath-laying on the obelisk, Memorial Day 2011

The memorial was initiated in 1925 by the Association of Former One Hunters from Kempten and the surrounding area. Kempten was a garrison location for many years and was home to several troop units. It was initially intended to commemorate the Royal Bavarian 1st Jäger Battalion "König" , but at the same time to commemorate the fallen of the First World War .

Ambros Madlener , the architect and former A-1 hunter, was responsible for the planning, design and realization of the memorial. During the first planning, he decided on a slim obelisk. An iron cross carved from stone rests on this .

On July 20, 1930, the memorial was inaugurated in the presence of the project patron, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria . The front of the memorial reads “Dem KB 1. Jäger-Bataillon König 1815–1919”, on the back the inscription “59 officers - 2250 chief hunters and hunters died in the world war for the fatherland”. However, the numbers on the obelisk only relate to World War I. The left wall of the wall bears the coats of arms of the cities in which the 1st Jäger Battalion was stationed for a long time; in addition to Kempten, these are the places Burghausen , Forchheim , Straubing , Forchheim and Freising .

In 1933 the Jägerdenkmal was rededicated to Adolf-Hitler-Platz.

After the Second World War , the first commemorations for the war victims were held in Kempten in 1950 on the now renamed Audogarplatz. The day of national mourning was celebrated until 1960 at a memorial for the war victims in the Catholic cemetery . From 1957 onwards there was a desire on the part of the veterans and warriors as well as the population to move the place of the commemoration to the Jägerdenkmal. In 1961 the first celebration of the day of national mourning took place at the Jägerdenkmal, before that the memorial had to be adapted from its original function (memorial to the memory of the First World War and the Jägerbataillon) to the post-war situation: The design elements and inscriptions from 1930 were replaced by the inscriptions on the back wall “1914–1918” and “1939–1945” added, to the left of the panels a stone sculpture with the inscription “Our Sacrifice” and “Our Thanks” was placed. The Jägerdenkmal has been the city's new official memorial since 1961 for the fallen and victims of the two world wars.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Martin Kellenberger: City of Kempten. Book of Memory Dannheimer, Kempten 1937, p. 54ff.
  2. ^ Max Förderreuther, Martin Kellenberger: Kemptner Heimatbuch. The house boards of the city of Kempten. Kösel , Kempten 1932, pp. 101f.
  3. ^ Bernard Kühling: Allgäuer Künstlerlexikon. Kempten 2012, p. 223.
  4. ↑ Florian Fuchs: There was something . Ed .: Süddeutsche Zeitung. tape 151 . Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich July 3, 2020, p. R12 .

literature

  • Franz-Rasso Böck , City Archives Kempten (ed.): Information on the Jägerdenkmal [on the day of national mourning 2007]. November 12, 2007.

Web links

Commons : Jägerdenkmal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 52.2 "  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 25.6"  E