War memorial (Erlenbrunn)
| War memorial | |
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 War memorial in Erlenbrunn |
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| Data | |
| place | Pirmasens |
| Architectural style | War memorial |
| Construction year | between 1914 and 1918 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 10 '11.4 " N , 7 ° 37' 3.7" E |
The war memorial in the Erlenbrunn district of Pirmasens was erected between 1914 and 1918 during the First World War and is considered a cultural monument .
location
The structure is located within the local forest road .
history
After 1945 the monument was expanded.
description
The memorial shows a kneeling young woman in a simple dress with her hair braided straight back. Leaning forward slightly, she supports her chin in her right hand, which is holding a cloth. The forearm - set up on the bent leg - reinforces the downward direction of her gaze to an imaginary point on the right in front of her. The wreath she is laying on her left seems meaningless to her. The contrast between the apparent bewilderment in deep sadness and the apparently unimportant official sign of solidarity - the wreath - can still shake the viewer today.
literature
- General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Pirmasens. Mainz 2020, p. 8 (PDF; 6.3 MB).