War memorial (Kronach)

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War memorial below the Rosenberg fortress
Sarcophagus carried by four lions

The war memorial in the Upper Franconian town of Kronach is a memorial for those who fell and went missing in the First and Second World War . It is located at the northern end of the fortress road on a slope below the Rosenberg fortress .

description

The memorial has the shape of a half-open oval that is inserted into the rising slope with lining walls . In the middle is a sarcophagus , which is supported by four lions lying on a flat pedestal . On the wall behind the sarcophagus there are metal plaques with the names and dates of death of those who fell in the First World War. A stone bust of a helmeted soldier is attached to the stone wall to the left and right of the wall with the name plaques .

Below the two soldiers' heads there are metal plaques that were attached after 1945 and remind of the fallen and missing of the Second World War.

history

The memorial was created in 1935 based on a design by the Kronach artist Gottfried Neukam for the fallen soldiers of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1936. At the site of the memorial, there were originally two trees that were integrated into the building, a staircase to the entrance gate of the Rosenberg Fortress and a wayside shrine ; For the construction of the memorial, this was moved about 50 m to the west in the hairpin of the driveway to the fortress. Since the end of the Second World War, the war memorial has also been a reminder of the more than 500 killed and missing Kronachers from this war.

The war memorial is protected as an architectural monument. The two trees were removed over time.

During the Swedish procession, which has been held annually in Kronach since 1633 , the memorial serves as one of the four stations on the processional path.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c List of monuments for Kronach (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, accessed on March 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Stefan Wicklein: Kronach: 1920 to 1950 . Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 2005, ISBN 3-89702-898-0 , p. 28 & 98 .
  3. ↑ Heike Schülein: The Swedish procession urges peace. In: inFranken.de. June 2, 2010, accessed April 28, 2020 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 37.2 "  N , 11 ° 19 ′ 36.4"  E