War memorials in Syke

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The Syke war memorials are 14 war memorials in the area of ​​the Lower Saxon town of Syke .

General

The total of 14 war memorials are located in Barrien , Gessel , Gödestorf , Heiligenfelde , Henstedt , Jardinghausen , Leerßen , Okel , Osterholz , Ristedt , Schnepke , Syke (center) and in Wachendorf .

They were erected in the years after the First World War on the basis of council resolutions of the respective municipal councils in the then - until 1974 independent - municipalities to commemorate the fallen and missing of the First World War. After the Second World War , the war memorials were supplemented and expanded - with entire memorial parts, with the names of those who fell and missing in the Second World War, or at least with a reference to them.

The memorial for the fallen and missing in the war of 1870/71 , who came from the Syke office , has a special position . It is located in the core area of ​​Syke.

On the 14 war memorials, the names of 1,356 fallen and missing from the war of 1870/71 and both world wars are recorded. The names and in some cases other dates (dates of birth and death, places of birth and death, ranks ) are chiseled, cast in bronze or otherwise fixed for the next few decades. The names of the 15 women who perished in World War II are also recorded on two memorials: 10 in Syke and 5 in Barrien.

The ravages of time have now gnawed at some monuments: some of the inscriptions are weathered , so that the names can hardly or no longer be read and deciphered. This applies to the monuments in Gessel and Barrien.

War memorials in the individual Syker districts

The individual war memorials - sorted alphabetically according to the Syker districts - are described in detail below. The location is specified more precisely, existing texts are documented, the number of those killed and missing in the First and Second World War listed by name on the respective memorial is stated.

Barriers

Barrien War Memorial

The war memorial is located in the churchyard of the Evangelical Lutheran. Church. It contains the names of 37 fallen and 3 missing from the First World War and the names of 89 fallen and 24 missing from the Second World War. The text is carved on one side of the monument: IN MEMORY / OUR / DEAD.

Gessel

The war memorial is located west of Syker Straße, between house no. 18 and house no. 24. It contains the names of 17 fallen from the First World War and the names of 28 fallen and 10 missing from the Second World War. The text is carved on different sides of the monument: 1914/1918 // TO THE MEMORY / TO YOUR IN / WORLD WAR / BELOVED / HELDENSÖHNE / DIE GRATBARE / LOCATION / GESSEL /// 1939/1945

Godestorf

The war memorial is located east of the street “Specken”, opposite the location of the Gödestorfer prayer bell, which is located on property no. It contains the names of 18 fallen and 2 missing from the First World War and the names of 29 fallen and 9 missing from the Second World War. The text is carved on different sides of the monument: 1914 - 1918/1939 - 1945 / FOR // US / your fallen heroes / dedicated in gratitude / the community of Gödestorf /// It died for the fatherland /// The heroic death // / We complain as missing

Heiligenfelde

Heiligenfelde war memorial

The war memorial is located in the churchyard of the Evangelical Lutheran. Church between Kirchplatz, the street “An der Kirche”, the “Königstraße” and the “Heiligenfelder Straße”. It contains the names of 48 fallen and 5 missing from the First World War and the names of 48 fallen and 17 missing from the Second World War. The text is carved on different sides of the monument: 1914 - 18 1939 - 45 // DEDICATED TO THEIR FAR THE HOME IN THE FIGHT FOR SONS FALLEN IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY. / THE COMMUNITIES OF HEILIGENFELDE u. CLUES // HANNOVER STILL HAS SONS, / INHERIT THE OLD FAITHFUL; / HANNOVER STILL HAS MEN TO DIE FOR THE HOME. / HANOVER KNOWS THE HEROES / WHO LET THEIR LIFE ONE DAY / AND WILL ALSO GREET THEIR HILLS IN SILENT SORRY. /// It died for the fatherland / 1914 - 1918. /// It died for the fatherland / 1914 - 1918. /// It died for the fatherland / 1914 - 1918. /// It died for the fatherland / 1939 - 1945. // / It died for the fatherland / 1939 - 1945. /// It died for the fatherland / 1939 - 1945.

Henstedt

The war memorial is located on a traffic island / on the corner between Bramstedter Straße, Halbetzer Straße, Henstedter Straße (= K 125), directly at the Henstedt kindergarten. It contains the names of 32 fallen and missing persons from the First World War, but no names of those killed and missing from the Second World War. For this only an additional bronze plate with the inscription: “In memory of the fallen and missing of the World War 1939 - 1945” was attached. The text can be read on different sides of the monument: 1914 + 1918. / IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE WARRIORS / FROM THE COMMUNITIES OF HENSTEDT = HOOPE, / WHO GOT LIFE FOR THE FATHERLAND. /// IN MEMORY / THE FALLEN AND MISSING / + / THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

Jardinghausen

The war memorial is located on a square on the corner of Jardinghauser Strasse and Kastanienallee. It contains the names of 20 fallen and 3 missing persons from the First World War and the names of 38 fallen and missing persons from the Second World War. The text is carved on one side of the monument: THE COMMUNITY OF JARDINGHAUSEN HER / FALLEN SONS. / 1914 + 1918. // THEY DIED FOR HOME.

Empty

The war memorial is located on "Leerßer Straße" on a square between house no. 32 and no. 36. It contains the names of 11 fallen and missing persons from the First World War and the names of 19 fallen and 8 missing persons from the Second World War. The text is carved on different sides of the monument: NOBODY HAS GREATER LOVE = / UNLESS THAT HE LETS BE / LEAVE LIFE FOR HIS / Loyal friends = / THINKING OF THEIR REMAINS / SONS THE LOCATION EMPTY /// 1914–1918 /// 1939-1945

The original war memorial for the fallen and deceased of the First World War was replaced after the Second World War by a newly designed one for the fallen and deceased of both World Wars. The war memorial 1914-1918 has found a place on the premises of the district museum in Syke since 2006 .

Ocle

The war memorial is located on the Okeler Friedhof between "Okeler Straße" and "Zwei Mühlen". The Okeler Friedhof itself is located on “Okeler Straße” between houses No. 9 and No. 11. It contains the names of 24 fallen and missing persons from the First World War and the names of 31 fallen and 12 missing persons from the Second World War. The text is carved on different sides of the monument: 1914 - 1918 OKEL 1939 - 1945 / YOUR TO THINK / DEMANDS OUR / LOYALTY /// 1914 - 1918 /// 1939 - 1945 /// MISSING

Osterholz

The war memorial is located on "Osterholzer Strasse", opposite the junction with the "Geestrand" street. It contains the names of 15 fallen and 3 missing from World War I and the names of 14 fallen and 8 missing from World War II. The text is carved on different sides of the memorial: Died for the fatherland / in World War 1914 - 1918 // In grateful memory / Osterholz community. /// THE FALLEN AND MISSING OF THE / SECOND WORLD WAR // 1939 + A HONORED MEMORIAL + 1945

Ristedt

Warrior Memorial Ristedt

The war memorial is located at the confluence of the “Alte Schulstrasse” and the “Ristedter Hauptstrasse”. It contains the names of 23 fallen and 3 missing from the First World War and the names of 38 fallen and 26 missing from the Second World War. The text can be read on one side of the monument: IN TREUE FEST // THE DEAD HERO // RISTEDT SOERHAUSEN

Schnepke

The war memorial is located at the confluence of the "Heerweg" street with the "Schnepker Straße". It contains the names of 11 fallen from World War I and the names of 19 fallen and 5 missing from World War II. The text is carved on different sides of the memorial: Died for the fatherland / in the World War 1914 - 1918 /// THE FALLEN AND MISSING / THE SECOND WORLD WAR // + IN MEMORY +

An interesting detail: Heinrich Reimers, a member of the crew of the well-known and highly decorated SS tank commander Michael Wittmann , came from Schnepke. He fell together with Wittmann on August 8, 1944 in Normandy and is buried with him in the military cemetery in La Cambe in France. His name is noted on the war memorial (source: own review of the memorial inscription)

Steimke

The municipality of Steimke, which was independent until 1974, does not have its own war memorial. Those who fell and missing in this community are listed on the war memorial in Syke.

Syke (center)

War memorial for the fallen and missing in the war of 1870/71

Monument I.

The war memorial for the fallen and missing in the war of 1870/71 is to the east of "Herrlichkeit" (= Bundesstrasse 6 ), opposite the old cemetery / opposite house no. 57 (= restaurant and café "Maximilian"), approx. 180 m away from the B 6. It contains the names of x fallen soldiers from the war of 1870/71. The text is carved on one side of the monument: + / The memory / the / in the victorious war / against France / 1870 and 1871 / fallen warriors / from the Syke office.

Monument II

War memorial for the fallen and missing of the First and Second World Wars

The war memorial for the fallen and missing of the First and Second World War is located east of the “Herrlichkeit” (= Bundesstrasse 6 ), opposite the Old Cemetery / opposite the house no. 57 (= restaurant and café “Maximilian”), directly on the B 6. It contains the names of 105 fallen from the First World War and the names of 349 fallen from the Second World War. The text is carved on different sides of the memorial: The dead of both world wars / in honor of memory /// Death is swallowed up in victory / It died from the community of Syke /// As the dying and behold, we live /// Through Sacrifice matured for eternity /// Love is stronger than death /// 1939 + 1945 /// NOBODY HAS GREATER LOVE THAN THAT THAT HE LETS HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS + + JOH. 15 V. 13 /// 1939 + 1945

Guard Village

The war memorial is located on the corner of “Kirchberg” / “Legenhausen” / “Heidkamp”, near the shooting range / the fairground, opposite the shooting sports hall and the festival meadow. It contains the names of 27 fallen from the First World War and the names of 40 fallen and missing from the Second World War. In the middle part of the monument the text is carved: THE DEAD / BOTH / WORLD WARS

literature

  • Syke - old war memorial 1870/71. In: Heinz-Hermann Böttcher, Heiner Büntemeyer, Hermann Greve and Wilfried Meyer: SYKE and umzu. Syke 1983, page 25 (with 1 photo)
  • War memorial. In: Else Schröder and Ingrid Fandrich: Chronicle Gödestorf. Bassum 2005, pages 279–285 (with 5 photos)
  • Heinz-Hermann Böttcher: War memorials in the area of ​​the city of Syke. Barrien, Gessel, Gödestorf, Heiligenfelde, Henstedt, Jardinghausen, Leerßen, Okel, Osterholz, Ristedt, Schnepke, Syke, Wachendorf. (Typescript printing), self-published, Syke 2007

Web links

Lists of names for the war memorials of individual places: (all on deutsche-ehrenmale.de)