Aach war memorial (near Trier)
The war memorial in Aach , a local community in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was erected in the 1920s and expanded after 1945. The war memorial on Neweler Straße, in memory of those who died in the First and Second World War , is a protected cultural monument .
In the middle there is a red sandstone pillar that tapers downwards and is crowned by a sculpture of St. George slaying a dragon. To the right and left of it are two steles with the names of those who died in the Second World War.
In the sandstone work of Saint George wearing a steel helmet there is the following inscription: “PRICE AND HONOR TO THE MOST HIGHEST. FREEDOM, PEACE, HAPPINESS IN THE FATHERLAND. THANKS TO THE FALLEN QUESTIONS "
Web links
- Culture database of Rhineland-Palatinate (with three photos)
Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 24.8 " N , 6 ° 35 ′ 21.8" E