War memorial (Lenzfried)

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The equestrian figure of the war memorial in Lenzfried

The war memorial in Lenzfried , a district of Kempten (Allgäu) , is a memorial to the fallen soldiers and victims of various wars, unveiled in 1926. The listed building was expanded with the dates of the Second World War in 1952 because of further war victims .

history

In 1873 the association “Veteranen- und Kriegerkameradschaft Lenzfried” was founded in order to dedicate itself to honoring the fallen and missing. Of 277 Lenzfrieds who took part in the First World War , 55 died and six were missing. The war participants received an honorary gift of 20 marks from donations and a food fund.

To commemorate the victims of the World War, a war memorial was unveiled at the Franciscan monastery on August 8, 1926 . Because of an illness of the Mindelheim sculptor Xaver Abt (1874–1949), the bronze figure of Saint George was only unveiled on August 29th. The consecration of the monument took place a year later with the participation of the neighborhood associations.

In 1952 the monument was expanded. During the Second World War, the northern part of Sankt Mangs , the rural community which was incorporated into Kempten in 1972, lost 115 men and 59 people were missing. The veterans' association created war chronicles from the two world wars.

description

The war memorial shows an equestrian figure of Saint George, equipped with a steel helmet , which is depicted in the typical hero figure of the dragon slayer and in the process thrusts a spear into the dragon's throat .

The memorial is supplemented with four memorial plaques with the names of those who fell and missing in World War II.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alexander Duke of Württemberg: City of Kempten (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.85 ). Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-7954-1003-7 , p. 118 f .
  2. ^ Heinrich Uhlig: Sankt Mang. History of an Allgäu community. Verlag des Heimatpflegers von Schwaben, Kempten 1955, p. 345
  3. ^ Bernard Kühling: Allgäuer Künstlerlexikon . 1st edition. Kempten 2012, p. 1.
  4. ↑ Ralf Lienert: Sankt Mang glances. History of the community 1818–1972. Kempten 2002, ISBN 3-936208-27-1 , p. 373.
  5. ↑ Kempten-Lenzfried, Bavaria In: denkmalprojekt.org (accessed on July 9, 2013)

Web links

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

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 37.7 ″  N , 10 ° 20 ′ 19.9 ″  E