Hämerten war memorial

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War memorial in front of the church

The Hämerten war memorial is a listed war memorial in the Hämerten district of Tangermünde in Saxony-Anhalt . In the local register of monuments it is listed as a minor monument under registration number 094 76717 .

General

The war memorial in Hämerten is located on the street Am Meilenstein , formerly Dorfstraße, on the site of the local church . A memorial plaque in the form of a large tombstone is placed on a base made of field stones . On one side is an inscription and the names of those who fell in World War I carved. On the other side an engraved granite slab with an inscription and the names of those who fell in World War II was placed.

inscription

First World War

In the immortal memory of the heroes who fell
from the community of
Hämerten in the World War 1914–1918
(11 names follow)
Whoever died in holy battle also rests
in foreign soil in their fatherland

Second World War

To commemorate the victims of the Second World War
1939–1945 in the community of Hämerten
(11 names follow)
We want
sons to be mourned not heroes , that non-resounding
vocabulary be kept for future
use, that not forgetting is used
is in a new account of horror
G.Eich.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Small 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. ↑ War memorial Hämerten , online project war memorials, accessed on October 29, 2018

Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ 25 ″  N , 11 ° 59 ′ 9.3 ″  E