Jungingenstein

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The Jungingenstein is a 10-ton memorial stone on the Grunwald Memorial . It was built in 1901 near Tannenberg in memory of the death of Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen , who died in the Battle of Tannenberg (1410) .

1. Jungingenstein

The district administrator of the Osterode district - Rudolf von Brandt , who owned the Tannenberg estate - had the memorial stone erected on the Kapellenberg, not far from the destroyed St. Mary's Chapel , for the fallen Grand Master. It was commissioned in 1898 and inaugurated in 1901.

This boulder weighing 10 tons, the so-called Jungingenstein, is still there, (1st Jungingenstein) only today it lies face down. The German inscription:

IN THE FIGHT FOR GERMAN NATURE AND GERMAN LAW, HIGH MASTER ULRICH VON JUNGINGEN DIED A HERO'S DEATH ON JULY 15, 1410

can no longer be read.

2. Jungingenstein

Not far from there is a second young stone of recent date (2nd young stone ) , which, according to the more recent representation, marks the place where the Grand Master is said to have fallen. This marking is designed in the form of a lying stone and the text is held horizontally accordingly.

MIEJSCE ŚMIERCI WIELKIEGO MISTRZA ULRICH VON JUNGINGEN
Place of death of Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen

This point is about 50 m southwest of the museum in the middle of a group of trees, while the chapel is 250 meters away. The new young stone does not correspond to the old one, but from an artistic point of view it is related to the standing memorial stone (Władysławstein) for King Władysław II Jagiełło .

literature

  • Walter u. Johannes Krüger: The Tannenberg National Monument. An explanation from the builders. Südostpreußisches Verkehrsbüro, Allenstein no year [1928].
  • Jürgen Tietz: The Tannenberg National Monument. Architecture, history, context. Verlag Bauwesen, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-345-00673-1 (dissertation TU Berlin).

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Coordinates: 53 ° 29 ′ 0.8 ″  N , 20 ° 7 ′ 2.6 ″  E