Hötensleben war memorial
The Hötensleben war memorial is a listed war memorial in Hötensleben in Saxony-Anhalt .
location
It is located in the center of Hötensleben north of the Protestant St. Bartholomew Church where in one place the Bahnhofstrasse , the field angle and the Post Road to the Steinweg open out.
History and design
The memorial was erected for the fallen Hötensleber in the German War (1866) and Franco-German War (1870/71). It consists of an obelisk with inscriptions on which a Prussian eagle is enthroned. The eagle was missing at the beginning of the 21st century and was then put on. According to the inscription, the memorial was erected in 1872 at the instigation of Johanne Kahmann , whose son died in 1870 during the war. In addition to her son Andreas Kahmann , the memorial also commemorates the other fallen soldiers in the village.
The inscriptions read:
On the front side:
Heinrich
Andreas Kahmann
died on Typhus November 12th. 1870
in Mantes near Paris
Dedicated to the dear son and his
comrades in loyal love
by the grieving mother
Johanne Kahmann
1872
Left side:
1866
Heinrich August Deicke
died on July 3rd at Königgrätz
August Carl Hartmann
died of his wounds August 12th in Lohr
Andreas Friedrich Wilhelm Müller
died of cholera August 22nd
in Brno
Right side:
1870
Friedrich Jakob Theodor Strebe
died on August 18th before Metz
Heinrich Fricke
died on August 18th before Metz
Andreas Christoph Rose
died on August 30th with Beaumont
Andreas Adolph Ruhe
died on Thyphus November 2nd in Chantilly
Back:
Faithful to
the king and the fatherland until death
In the monument register for Hötensleben , the war memorial is listed as an architectural monument under registration number 094 56506 .
literature
- State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 15: Sabine Meinel: Borde district. Volume 1: Altkreis Oschersleben. Imhof, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-119-5 , page 71 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 , page 361.
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 7.3 " N , 11 ° 1 ′ 16.2" E