War memorial Worms-Neuhausen
The Worms-Neuhausen war memorial is a cultural monument in the Neuhausen district of Worms .
It is located in Worms on the corner of Gaustraße / Eckenbertstraße and is intended to commemorate the employees of Heylschen Lederwerke Liebenau who died in World War I and bears their names sorted chronologically on the back of the sign.
The place on which the memorial stands was until 1868 the cemetery of the Neuhausen community. Before that there was the Kilian's Chapel, first mentioned in a document in 1636.
The first planning for the memorial began in 1930. The sculptor was David Fahrner from Freudenstadt. The life-size bronze statue, which stands on a stone plinth, was cast in a foundry in Geislingen an der Steige .
“IN THE 12TH YEAR AFTER THE END OF THE GREAT WAR AT THE TIME OF THE CLEARANCE OF THE RHINE IN 1930, THE PLAN FOR THIS MONUMENT TAKEN SHAPE. DAVID FAHRNER, FREUDENSTADT, DID IT. CAST IN GEISSLINGEN AN DER STEIGE, THE MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED ON OCTOBER 2, 1937, HINDENBURG'S 90TH BIRTHDAY. DEDICATED TO THE MEMORIAL OF THE FALLEN FACTORY MEMBERS BY HEYLSCHEN LEDERWERKE LIEBENAU GMBH UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF BARON LUDWIG CORNELIUS HEYL. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Informational directory of the cultural monuments in Worms. In: worms.de. Retrieved October 29, 2014 .
- ^ Family Heyl> City of Worms. In: worms.de. Retrieved October 29, 2014 .
- ↑ Inscription on the back of the shield
- ↑ Inscription on the masonry of the former cemetery area
- ↑ a b Inscription on the war memorial in Worms-Neuhausen
Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 41.4 ″ N , 8 ° 21 ′ 3.1 ″ E