War memorial (Bockenheim)

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War memorial for three soldiers killed on August 6, 1870 in Wörth in Alsace during the 1870/71 war

The Bockenheim war memorial is a memorial ( war memorial ) in Frankfurt am Main . It was built in 1875 on the old Bockenheim cemetery , at that time the main burial place of the city of Bockenheim, incorporated into Frankfurt-Bockenheim in 1895 . The memorial commemorates three Bockenheim citizens who died in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 .

nature

The Steinmetz Ph. Bach created in the then independent city Bockenheim on behalf of the Veterans' Association Bockenheim a warrior memorial in the form of an obelisk of red Main sandstone on a pedestal with a sculpted midsection, its individual parts over time were often damaged or destroyed. The inscription on the war memorial quoted below has only partially survived:

The heroic death of the sons of the town of Bockenheim, who marched out to war against France in 1870:
Ernst G. Buch Gefreiter in Regiment Nº 87. on Aug 6: 1870 near Wörth .
Isaak Hess Fusilier in Regiment Nº 82. on Aug 6, 1870 near Wörth.
[Ge] org Heuss […] […] ier im Regime [nt] […] 1870 zu Su […]

Dedicated in honor of the town of Bockenheim and the comrades who have returned.
September 2, 1875.

Badly weathered inscription on the base of the monument

meaning

The three soldiers mentioned were members of the 1st Nassau Infantry Regiment No. 87 , stationed in Mainz, and Regiment No. 82. The former formed the 41st Infantry Brigade in the federal fortress together with the 2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment No. 88 Mainz . They died on the third day of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 in battles in Wœrth in Alsace against the troops of Marshal Patrice de Mac-Mahon . About 150 citizens of Bockenheim took part and fought in this war. The erection and inauguration of the war memorial on September 2, 1875, Sedan Day , was a public demonstration by the bourgeoisie loyal to the emperor. It was in favor of the establishment of an empire in 1871, which was also associated with an industrial boom for Bockenheim.

War memorials in the area

At the same time or just about the inauguration of the war memorial in Bockenheim, further monuments were inaugurated in the surrounding areas:

Web links

Commons : Bockenheim War Memorial  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ Signature on the middle part of the monument
  2. ↑ The inscription is reproduced here as it was in 2014. Damaged text passages on the memorial are marked in the quote by square brackets. The punctuation of the original has been adopted.
  3. ↑ Detailed photo of the name plaque on the memorial on Wikimedia Commons, taken on October 5, 2014
  4. ↑ Telling Bockenheimer Strasse . Published by Freunde Bockenheims - Association for Local History, ISBN 3866111525 , page 183
  5. ^ Documents from the ISG Institute for Frankfurt City History

Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 5.9 ″  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 20 ″  E