Schelsen war memorial
The Schelsen war memorial is located in Schelsen , a district of Mönchengladbach on the Lower Rhine and belongs to the eastern district . Until October 22, 2009, it was an independent district of Mönchengladbach, or a part of the district of Giesenkirchen . Before that, the place belonged to Rheydt , which was incorporated into Mönchengladbach in 1975.
The war cemetery , built between 1907 and 1909 , was entered in the monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach under No. A 054 on July 28, 2009 .
location
The property is located at the intersection of Am Düvel / Mülforter Strasse / Liedberger Strasse in the eastern district of Giesenkirchen- Schelsen.
architecture
A massive middle section with a semicircular niche and console , a simple canopy roof and a towering three-pass cross with a cast iron body stands on the high, rectangular step substructure . In the base the inscription of the manufacturing company “G. Groters from Mönchengladbach ”and two other inscriptions:“ O man - here you see! Your work of sin. "And" Save your soul. "
The cross bears the inscription on the side: "Erected by the residents of the 1st Altar District Schelsen in 1908." After the First World War , the processional cross was transformed into a war memorial place by placing two small stone tablets next to the cross with the names of the fallen soldiers of the village of Schelsen call. After the Second World War , another commemorative plaque was placed for those who died there.
See also
literature
- Paul Clemen: The art monuments of the cities and districts of Gladbach and Krefeld (= The art monuments of the Rhine province . Third volume, No. IV ). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1893 ( digitized [accessed on June 2, 2012]).
swell
- List of monuments of the city of Mönchengladbach. (PDF; 234.24 kB) In: moenchengladbach.de. City of Mönchengladbach, July 4, 2011, accessed on June 2, 2012 .
- Andrea Caspers: Monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach. (PDF; 227.14 kB) In: moenchengladbach.de. April 24, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012 .
- Käthe Limburg, Bernd Limburg: Monuments in the city of Mönchengladbach. In: on the way & at home - homepage of Käthe and Bernd Limburg. July 18, 2011, accessed February 27, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '27.2 " N , 6 ° 29' 0.7" E