Göhren war memorial
The Göhren war memorial is a listed war memorial in Göhren on the Mönchgut peninsula belonging to Rügen .
location
It is located east of the beach path on a hill that drops steeply to the north to the Baltic Sea . To the east of the monument, the De Rönn gorge leads down to the waterfront.
Design and history
The war memorial was erected to commemorate those of the community of Göhren who died in the First World War and inaugurated in 1922. The Göhren Forest Church, built in 1890, was previously located at this location. Later, the memorial was also dedicated to the memorial for the victims of the Second World War .
The monument, made of large stone blocks, is inscribed on its front with the following text:
YOUR
HEROES
1914/1918
HONOR
THE COMMUNITY OF
GÖHREN.
Below are the names of 39 fallen:
| Frozen Max Weidemann | ? Albert K ?? s | Can. Franz Kroeger |
| Gren. Willi Deichen | Untffz. Alexander Horneburg | Landst. Karl Nagel |
| Gren. Fritz dykes | Untffz. Hermann looks | Obmatr. Hans doll |
| Musk. Ernst Nahls | Musk. Arnold Jahn | Frozen Eduard Zernisch |
| War fr. Ernst Halliger | Farmer Ernst Marth | Musk. Fritz Wittmihs |
| War fr. Georg Halliger | Poor. Pay. Johann Borys | Torp.Matr. Alf. Millermann |
| Guard feet. Serious looks | Pion. Karl Gustmann | Gren. August man |
| Mate. Hugo looks | Landst. Jacob Schmidt | Feet. Wilhelm Mann |
| Musk. August Dunker | Landst. August Wittmihs | Can. Otto Koos |
| Musk. Reinhold Kliesow | Musk. Willi Looks | O. Mach.Maat Jacob Natzow |
| Musk. Heinrich Strübing | Landst. Karl Witthmihs | Untffz. Viktor Groth |
| Musk. Gottfried Strübing | Wehrm. Otto Schoepke | Musk. Karl Millermann |
| Frozen Rudolf Strübing | O.Bootsm.Maat Wilh. Millermann | Obermatr. Konrad looks |
A steel helmet framed by two oak leaves is shown as a relief above the names .
A plaque with the inscription was later placed under the names:
THE VICTIMS OF
WORLD WAR 2
appropriate.
In 1957, the memorial was the subject of political disputes. The CDU planned to lay a wreath on Death Sunday , but the SED prevented this.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Torsten Döring, MÖNCHGUT HISTORY at www.mönchgut-history
- ↑ Frank Bösch : The Conservative Milieu: Club Culture and Local Collection Policy in East and West German Regions (1900-1960). Wallstein Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89244-501-X , p. 169.
Coordinates: 54 ° 20 ′ 38.8 " N , 13 ° 44 ′ 35.6" E