Daun war memorial
The Daun war memorial is a war memorial in the Vulkaneifel district. It was originally built as a victory pyramid made of basalt stones in 1870 on the 492 meter high weir bush near Daun . The 13-meter-high structure was planned by the Dauner Beautification Association, the forerunner of today's Eifelverein .
history
Initially, the pyramid was supposed to commemorate the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71, Lieutenant Robert Thomé made the decision to put the names of the fallen on the pyramid and thus transform the pyramid into a war memorial. On September 11, 1873, the pyramid was inaugurated as a victory monument and two iron plaques were put up as a souvenir of the 18 fallen. The cast memorial plaque has the following inscription:
- In memory of the glorious campaign against France, for the honor and independence of the fatherland in the years 1870–1871 and in memory of the resurrection of the German Empire.
The golden ball on the top has been replaced by a bronze eagle, which looks west towards the former enemy France.
In 1925, two memorial plaques with the names of the 53 Dauners who died in the First World War were put up . After the Second World War , several iron plates with the names of 157 dead were attached to the memorial.
The monument is in the care of the Dauner Eifelverein, which also ensures that it is preserved for posterity as a warning reminder.
Web links
- Entry on the war memorial on the weir bush in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
- General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Vulkaneifel district. Mainz 2020, p. 9 (PDF; 4.6 MB).
Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 30.1 ″ N , 6 ° 49 ′ 38.8 ″ E