War memorial (Eschelbronn)
The war memorial in Eschelbronn , a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in northern Baden-Württemberg , is a war memorial to commemorate the Franco-German War and its participants and victims. After several repairs, it is now in the Eschelbronn cemetery .
history
The war memorial was financed by donations and the military association and made by the sculptors Dietz and Schmitt in Kirchardt. In August 1886 it was placed on the town square. On 28/29 In August of the same year, the monument was inaugurated as part of a two-day celebration. On August 28, there was a torchlight procession through the town with music, the following day a procession and the actual unveiling with ceremonial speeches and in the presence of 24 foreign military associations. The inauguration of the monument was followed by the flag consecration of the military association. The monument, which is now free, was initially surrounded by a fence.
On July 30, 1938, the municipality was requested in writing by the Sinsheim district office to implement the monument because of the danger to road traffic. However, the then mayor Georg Braun did not comply with the request. The Neckarbischofsheim gendarmerie department later criticized that the monument should be viewed as an obstacle in connection with customers parked in the surrounding furniture stores and suggested the front garden to the left of the Protestant church as an alternative parking space. However, the municipality also refused, referring to the low volume of traffic and sufficient parking space. A plot of land at the end of the village in the direction of Neidenstein was also discussed as a possible new location for the monument, where it was intended to build a HJ home. But Mayor Braun did not agree to that either.
In 1950 the stele was moved to Bahnhofstrasse 3 following a resolution by the local council . Due to the fire station that was newly built there in 1963 , the community moved the memorial to the Eschelbronn cemetery . There it stands today opposite the morgue and a memorial to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the First and Second World Wars .
Between 2006 and 2009 it was restored by the local stonemason Paul Schilling on behalf of the Eschelbronn Heimat- und Verkehrsverein with donations.
layout
The monument is five meters high and carved from red sandstone . It has the shape of a stele on the base of which there is an eagle with outspread wings. The names of the 44 citizens from Eschelbronn who took part in the war are engraved on the memorial; partly with indication of rank . Adam Heilmann, who died near Dijon on December 19, 1870, is highlighted on the front with the following honor:
In the glorious campaign against France suffered the heroic death of Heilmann Adam 3rd Inf. Rgt. Fallen d. December 19 1870 near Dijon .
Above it are two hands reaching out to each other with the text "God was with us - glory to Him" arranged in a circle around it. On the left is a portrait of the German Emperor Wilhelm I. On the right, weapons, instruments and a spiked hood are carved into the stone.
The inscription reads, supplemented by explanations, as follows:
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Adam Laule, Sergeant |
Georg Braun, grenadier |
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On the right side are the names in alphabetical order:
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| In the garrison were: | ||
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Karl Fletterer (Bearer of the Iron Cross ) |
Karl Stier |
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On the left side of the stele is the inscription:
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Erects the brave soldier in memory of |
A coat of arms is depicted on the back of the stele. The text subsequently entered on the base names four participants in the First World War :
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In South West Africa fought: |
literature
- Marius Golgath: The Eschelbronn war memorial had to give way twice . In: Kraichgau. Contributions to landscape and local research , volume 20/2007, pp. 115–119, edited by Heimatverein Kraichgau , Eppingen 2007, ISBN 3-921214-35-1
Web links
- The war memorial at eschelbronn-online.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Howwl , Heimatblatt Schreinerdorf Eschelbronn No. 28, 2006, p. 6 ff.
- ↑ Golgath 2007 S. 117th
- ↑ a b Association news of the home and tourist association ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 2.56 MB) Official Journal of Elsenztal Municipal Administration Association of January 12, 2007, page 11
- ↑ He died of a bullet fracture of the lower leg. See Golgath 2007, p. 115.
- ↑ Arnold had already joined the Grand Ducal Baden Fortress Artillery Battalion in Rastatt before the beginning of the war and received an award there in 1866 for a swimming test. See Golgath 2007, p. 115.
Remarks
- ↑ 3rd Baden Infantry Regiment
Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 0.4 ″ N , 8 ° 51 ′ 55.9 ″ E