Glane War Memorial
| Glane War Memorial | |
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 War memorial in Glane |
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| Data | |
| place |
Glane , Lower Saxony |
| height | approx. 3.5 m |
| Floor space | approx. 3.7 × 3.0 m² |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 8 '50.7 " N , 8 ° 3' 13" E |
The Glane war memorial commemorates the fallen of the First World War in the Glane district of the Lower Saxon city of Bad Iburg .
The memorial for the fallen of World War I from Glane consists of a bell-shaped column with a cross on top and lists of the fallen on all four sides. By listing the dead by name, the war memorial has the character of a cenotaph . Later, plaques with the names of those killed in the Second World War were added to the surrounding walls . The property was placed under monument protection.
The step-shaped base of the monument measures around 300 cm × 370 cm and is 60 cm high. The following inscription is placed in a frame above the front name tag:
They found no grave in consecrated earth
And yet they died blessed!
Because whoever has fallen for the fatherland
has acquired heaven.
Above it is the relief of a steel helmet with an oak and a laurel branch . The cross has the shape of an iron cross with the year 1914, the initial "W" for Wilhelm II and the imperial crown .
On the back of the war memorial is the dedication: Dedicated by the municipality of Glane in 1920.
epitaph
Front
Left side
right side
back
Web links
- Bad Iburg-Glane war memorial at denkmalprojekt.org
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- ↑ Design manual for village renewal Glane, p.16 ( Memento of the original dated December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on badiburg.de. Retrieved December 7, 2013
