Heinrichsberg war memorial
The Heinrichsberg war memorial is a listed war memorial in the village of Heinrichsberg in Saxony-Anhalt, which belongs to the Loitsche-Heinrichsberg community .
location
It is north of Elbstrasse, east of the confluence with Loitscher Strasse.
Design and history
The memorial was erected around 1920 to commemorate the fallen residents of Heinrichsberg in the First World War . It is designed as a stele made of sandstone and is crowned by an iron cross, also made of stone . In terms of design, it shows forms of expressionism .
The stele stands in a niche in a brick wall, reminiscent of an apse , which is divided by cantilevered brick layers.
On the stele there are the following inscriptions, some of which are difficult or illegible:
On the front facing south is the dedication:
Dedicated to our brave
heroes in loyal
gratitude
, the Heinrichsberg
village and estate
community
1914-1918
On the west side there is information about the fallen:
Hermann Günther •
fled • 28 • 10 • 1914 • i • Flanders •
Wilhelm Nowack •
fled • 29 • 8 • 1915 • i • Russia •
Otto • Arndt •
fled • 29 • 7 • 1916 • i • Russia •
Otto Sandmann •
fl • 23 • 6 • 1916 • i • France •
Otto Schmidt •
gefl • 18 • 1 • 1917 • i • Romania •
Heinrich Huebner •
gefl • 10 • 2 • 1917 • i • Romania •
Further names of those who fell in 1917 and 1918 are on the west side, but are barely legible (as of 2019):
Otto Theue •
gefl •? • i • France
Fritz Schulle •
gefl •? • i • France •
? •? pe •
gefl •? • i • France •
? Voigt •
gefl •? • i • France •
? •
gefl •? • i •? •
The war memorial is entered in the local register of monuments under registration number 094 70354 as a monument.
literature
- State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 10 : Holger Brülls, Dorothee Könemann: Ohrekreis. Volume 2: Altkreis Wolmirstedt . fly head publisher Halle (Saale) 2001, ISBN 3-910147-71-2 , page 65.
Web links
- Heinrichsberg war memorial at www.elbe-heide.de
- Heinrichsberg, Loitsche-Heinrichsberg community, Börde district, Saxony-Anhalt at www.denkmalprojekt.org
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 386
Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 20.3 " N , 11 ° 44 ′ 6.7" E