Birkholz war memorial

The Birkholz war memorial is a listed war memorial in the Birkholz district of the city of Tangerhütte in Saxony-Anhalt . In the local register of monuments , the war memorial is listed as a small memorial under registration number 094 30604 .

General

The war memorial in Birkholz is located on the Street of Peace on the cemetery grounds of the local church . It consists of a memorial to the fallen soldiers of the First World War and a memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Second World War . The memorial for the fallen soldiers of the First World War is a granite slab on a field stone heap for the places Birkholz and Sophienhof . A plaque with an inscription and the names of the fallen, decorated with a soldier's helmet, is embedded in the granite slab. A brick wall with an embedded memorial plaque for the places Birkholz, Sophienhof and Scheeren was erected for the fallen in World War II . The plaque also contains an inscription and the names of the fallen, separated by location.

inscription

First World War

As victims of the world war fell from the
community Birkholz m. Sophienhof:
(the names follow)

Second World War

Citizens of the municipality of Birkholz with the
districts Scheeren and Sophienhof who died and were missing in the Second World War 1939–1945
(the names of the fallen follow, separated by location)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt
2. ↑ Birkholz War Memorial , online project war memorials, accessed on October 16, 2018

Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 9.2 "  N , 11 ° 50 ′ 41.2"  E