Horka war memorial

Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 11.2 "  N , 14 ° 53 ′ 30.2"  E

The memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Franco-German War and the First World War in Horka is a cultural monument in the Saxon town of Horka , a place of the municipality of the same name in the district of Görlitz . The memorial is located on Görlitzer Straße (K8417), the southern part of the town's main street in the area in front of the fortified church Horka .

The memorial consists of a central part, erected after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, and panels on both sides for those who died in the First World War. The central, square, tapering column with the dedicating inscription and a black cross with a leaf on it sits on a base stone, on the front of which there are the names of eight fallen soldiers on an implied plate. The back of the base is labeled with a saying. The extension made of the same material on both sides consists of two plates with the names of the fallen on the front and a saying on the back, and on the outside, equally high cuboids with the representation of swords entwined with oak leaves, which have balls on top.

The monument was placed in its entirety on a further uniform base. It is in a stable but damaged condition. The writing can be almost completely deciphered. In some places on the front, material has chipped off. It is said to be deliberate destruction by gunfire by a Red Army soldier in 1945.

The two oaks placed next to the memorial belong to the overall ensemble .

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  Memorial to the fallen soldiers of the Franco-German War (center) and the First World War (left and right) in Horka

Inscriptions

On the front side

Memorial to the fallen of the First World War	Memorial to those who fell in the Franco-Prussian War	Memorial to the fallen of the First World War
Walter Lehmann found 8/10/14    Bruno Kärger found 15.4.15 Max Hoschatt found 8/22/14    Willy summer found 8.6.15 Bruno Meiſsner presumably 8/22/14    Richard Resig found 28.5.15 Gotth. Excess found 15.9.14    Frank Birkholz found 30.5.15 Bruno Jeschke found 21.9.14    Max Röhle found 31.5.15 Max Huebner found 2_.9.14    Paul Jeschke found 1_.7.15 Paul Seifert found 10/11/14    Wilhelm __per found 10.8.15 Paul Schu__ found 23.10.14    Gustav Kärger found 11.8.15 Alwin Hänel found 11/10/14    Felix Tzschoppe found 20.8.15 Walter Ueberschär found 12/8/14    Paul Hockner found 29.8.15 Paul Dehmel died December 8th, 2014    Richard Hanke found 2.9.15 Bruno Seifert found 12/18/14    Max Forster died October 18, 2015 Her____ Huebner died December 26th, 2014    Paul Naselows found 4.11.15 Robert Resig found 12/28/14    Paul Knobloch found 23.9.16 Artur Jeschke found 9.1.15    Max Schröter found 9/26/16 Johann Senk found 6.8.15    Artur Wehner presumably 10/24/16	[Pillar] Dedicated to the honorable memory of their fallen heroes by the grateful parish.   [Plate] Liked by Wörth d. Aug 6, 1870 Traugott Schönfelder Mitt. Horka Ernst Hartmann Lower Horka Carl Schenke Lower Horka August Schulze Upper Horka Liked by Metz d. Aug 18, 1870 Wilhelm Schmidt Mosquito grove Liked by Sedan d. September 1, 1870 Ernst Nitsche Lower Horka Carl Jeschke Upper Horka Favored before Paris d. Jan. 16, 1871 Julius Tzschoppe ✠ Mitt. Horka	August summer found 1.3.17     Emil Rohn found 11/20/17 Robert Young found 3.5.17   Paul Senk found 20.3.18 Hermann Heinrich found 3.5.17   Robert Fürll found 7.4.18 Hermann Wittwer found 3.5.17   Otto Lohmann presumably 6/11/18 Max boy found 25.5.17   Richard Shepherd found # .7.18 Artur Schäfer found 6/12/17   Erwin Möbius found 7/12/18 Oskar Rohn found 8.7.17   Alfred Tzschoppe presumably 7/17/18 Karl Hartmann found 25.8.17   Richard way found 7/31/18 Max Frenzel found 8/30/17   Robert Richter probably 2.9.18 Karl Kaubisch found 5.9.17   Johannes Mill found 18.9.18 Richard John # found 16.9.17   Oskar Wehner found 27.9.18 Adolf Prötzig found 16.9.17   Bruno Ullrich found 1.10.18 Willy Röhle found 19.9.17   Alfred Seitert died October 27th, 2018 Hermann Rönsch found 10/10/17   Paul Tzschoppe found 11/4/18 Artur Schmidt found 10/11/17   Max Kruger d. 11/24/18 Hermann Puf found 11/18/17   Richard Frenzel found 11/29/18

On the back side

If you do not establish life, life will never be won for you	Nobody has greater love than that he gives his life for his friends	You will remain my good comrade in eternal life

Note: The images on the back are reversed so that the images can be assigned to the correct front.

The saying on the back of the left panel Setzet ihr ... comes from Friedrich Schiller's Wallenstein's Camp 11 / choir.
The saying on the back of the pedestal of the column Nobody has greater love ... has its origin in the Gospel of John in the Bible .
The words on the back of the right panel Stay in Eternal Life… are the last two lines of Ludwig Uhland's poem The Good Comrade from 1809, which was set to music by Friedrich Silcher in 1825 and is part of the military mourning ceremony in German-speaking countries.

Web links

Commons : War Memorial (Horka)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑
   

   Wikiquote: Friedrich Schiller: Wallenstein - Trilogy (1799)  - Quotes (German)
2. ↑ John 15:13  EU

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