List of displaced persons in Baden-Württemberg (R – Z)

This list of expellee monuments in Baden-Württemberg (R – Z) shows the monuments to the Germans who were expelled from or perished there after the Second World War from the eastern areas of the German Empire and from settlement areas in eastern Europe. It includes thank you boards for being accepted in West Germany.

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image	place	location	year	description
	Radolfzell on Lake Constance	Luisenplatz, Ostland memorial plaque	1958	"Whether you are a child of this city, whether expelled from your home country, whether killed in the field while fleeing back home, whether you are a man, woman or child - never forget them!"
	Rastatt	Memorial stone in the patient garden of the district hospital	1977	"You find them where you ask about them: fallen in the east, lamented in the west."
	Rastatt	Memorial plaque on the funeral hall of the municipal cemetery	1970	“To the victims of violence and evictions from the slag dam 1945–1946.” See Ostrov nad Ohří .
	Rastatt	Memorial stone on the forest cemetery, coats of arms of ten country teams and the BdV.	1996	“The dead of our homeland. In memory of deportation, flight and expulsion from 1945–1996. Forgetting is worse than death. "
	Rastatt	Memorial plaque in the town hall		“On June 7th, 1969 the city of Rastatt took over the sponsorship of the Germans expelled in 1945/46 from the city of Schlackenwerth / Böhmen, the home of our margravine Sybilla Augusta (1675-1733) in Baden. Since then, Rastatt has been the meeting point for the Schlackenwerther people. The city of Rastatt tries to be the spiritual center of the Schlackenwerther and to promote and maintain their German cultural heritage. ”See Franziska Sibylla Augusta von Sachsen-Lauenburg .
	Rastatt	Millstone from the time of Franziska Sibylla Augusta von Sachsen-Lauenburg	1975	Directions to the twin cities and the sponsored town of Schlackenwerth in Bohemia
	Reilingen	Ostkreuz in the cemetery	1954	"These are the hardest hours in the world when someone without a home comes home, when someone without a home in prayer ..."
	Remseck am Neckar	Cemetery in Aldingen , memorial stone		"In memory of their dead who lost their home."
	Remshalden	Memorial plaque in Geradstetten , 6 country team coats of arms .		"Expulsion from the East in 1945. Right to a home."
	Reutlingen	Römerschanz cemetery, memorial: Coats of arms of East Prussia, Danzig, West Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Upper Silesia, Memelland, Sudetenland, Danube Swabia and Brandenburg.	1984/2001	"Unforgettable home."
	Reutlingen	there, memorial stone of the Neu-Pasua community	1976	“Our dead New Pasua 1790–1945. Do not forget us. "-" The dead of the homeland, the expulsion, the new homeland. "
	Reutlingen	there, memorial stone of the community Sackelhausen	1980	“Sackelhausen Banat. In memory of our fallen, missing and deceased. "
	Reutlingen	there, memorial stone of the Franzfeld community	1973	“The dead of the homeland (1940-1948).” Of the 5793 inhabitants, 1216 perished in camps.
	Rheinfelden (Baden)	Memorial plaque at the foot of the memorial for the victims of both world wars in the cemetery	1954	"The fallen and missing of our citizens from the German east."
	Rheinfelden	Memorial stone in the municipal cemetery	1955	"To commemorate our dead in the east of Germany, whose graves are inaccessible to us."
	Rheinfelden	Memorial plaque next to the entrance to St. Gallus (Rheinfelden / Baden)	1952/1954	“In memory of the fallen and dead from our German East. As a reminder to the living. "
	Rosenberg (Württemberg)	Memorial cross in Hohenberg	1954	"In honor of our dead and heroes of our abandoned homeland in 1954."
	Rottenburg am Neckar	Memorial chapel in the spa complex of Bad Niedernau , consecrated by Georg Moser : Donauschwaben, Vojvodina ; Earth from mass graves ( Hodschag , Filipowa , Gakovo )	1979
	Rottenburg am Neckar	Liebfrauenhöhe in Ergenzingen , memorial stone for the war victims of the Danube Swabians		"The LM Donauschwaben to their war victims 1939-1945."
	Salach	South Moravian Cross in the cemetery	1950
	Rogue blades	Memorial on the way to the Hollow Rock	1955-1980	“11,750,000 Germans were driven from their homeland. 2,200,000 lost their lives, including thousands of Germans from Russia. 1,700,000 displaced persons found a new home in Baden-Württemberg. You have helped to rebuild this country. "
	Schönaich	Cemetery, memorial stone for Miletitsch	1973
	Schorndorf	Memorial behind the funeral hall in the New Cemetery: Excerpt from the charter of German expellees	1981
	Schramberg	Memorial cross on Bismarckplatz	1955
	Schuttertal	Modo memorial stone	1974
	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Brno memorial fountain, originally in Postgasse, since 1999 in Oberbettringer Straße (entrance to the municipal building yard)	1974
	Schwäbisch Gmünd	BdV memorial at the Trinity Cemetery	1989
	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Ostlandkreuz, there	1955
	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Memorial stone on Rechberg in Rechberg (Schwäbisch Gmünd) : Neueigen and Groß Dittersdorf in the district of Bärn , Oderquelle	1988
	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Ostlandkreuz, cemetery in Großdeinbach	1962
	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Park in the city center, wayside shrine "White Martyrs of Brno"	1988	"In gratitude to the Blessed Mother Mary for being saved from the misery of 1945. The Germans from Brno and the language island." - "This wayside shrine is a thank you to the new home and the sponsored city."
	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Memorial plaque in the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster		“The memory of our dead in Brno and the victims on the difficult journey to a new home. Bruna, home association of Brno. "
	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Commemorative plaque on the “Prediger” cultural center, sponsorship Brno
0	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Cemetery in Herlikofen , memorial for the 187 men shot by partisans in Glaserhau
	Schwäbisch Hall	Forest cemetery on the B 14 towards Stuttgart, memorial: roundabout with crown of thorns	1983
	Schwieberdingen	Funeral hall of the cemetery: memorial plaque with relief		“To the dead at home and around the world, the victims of wars, displacement and violence from Stanishich.” See Stanišić (Sombor) .
	Sigmaringen	Zollerfels, Ostlandkreuz and 8 commemorative plaques	1953	"Gdansk, West Prussia – Baltic States, Wartheland – Memelland, East Prussia – Silesia, Sudetenland – Pomerania, East Brandenburg – Banat, Spiš, Transylvania – Batschka, Syrmia, Swabian Turkey, Buchenland – Bessarabia."
	Sigmaringen	Brenzkofer Berg, memorial stone at the Ostlandkreuz	1976	“Loyalty to home. 1945–1948 Expulsion of Germans from the Baltic States, Danzig, Wartheland, East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, East Brandenburg, Memelland, Silesia, Sudetenland, Galicia, Spiš, Buchenland, Bessarabia, Batschka, Banat, Transylvania, Syrmia, Swabian Turkey. "
	Sindelfingen	House and memorial of the Danube Swabians	1982
	Sindelfingen	Burghaldenfriedhof, Goldberg, St. Maria: Heimat Gedächtniskapelle (1949), wooden cross (1953), memorial plaque (1982)
	Sindelfingen	Cenotaph in the old cemetery in Darmsheim	1980	"Fallen and missing Neuhauer Slovakia, World War II 1939-1945."
	Sinsheim	Cemetery, Ostlandkreuz with stone	1949/1975	"The dead from their distant homeland, they rest in: Silesia, Sudetenland, East and West Prussia, Gdansk, the Baltic States, Pomerania, the Vistula-Warta region, the Carpathian-Danube region, Bessarabia, the Black Sea region."
	Spraitbach	Cemetery at the Catholic Church, memorial	1964
	Steinheim am Albuch	Cemetery, memorial cross of the municipality of Neudorf (Batschka)
	Steinheim an der Murr	Memorial cross at the primary and secondary school: Sponsorship for Kotenburg and Christianberg in the Bohemian Forest	1957
	Steinheim an der Murr	Memorial stone in the cemetery, sponsorship Christianberg	1986
	Steinheim an der Murr	Memorial and distance stone for Sárvár and Christianberg at the Blankenstein School	1991
	Stockach	Loreto cemetery, memorial stone, coat of arms of East Prussia, Silesia, Gdansk, Pomerania, Sudetenland	1989	“As a warning to the living. In honor of the millions of victims who were expelled from their traditional homeland in 1945–1946. "
	Stuttgart	New castle , memorial plaque	2002	“Understanding instead of displacement, reconciliation instead of retaliation. In the face of the ravages of war and displacement, the German expellees and refugees publicly proclaimed the charter of German expellees on August 6, 1950 in front of the ruins of the New Palace. From their painful experience, future generations should grow a united Europe, worldwide understanding and an internationally recognized human and homeland law. "
	Stuttgart	Bad Cannstatt spa gardens , memorial: Complete text of the charter of German expellees . Bronze sculpture by Ingrid Seddig from Stolp	1986
	Stuttgart	Büsnau , memorial stone	1982	“In memory of the repatriation of the Germans who emigrated to Bukowina in the 18th and 19th centuries in 1940, of the reconstruction work carried out there and of the founders of the Buchenland Germans' settlement in Stuttgart-Büsnau in 1946. In memory of the fallen Buchenlanders both World wars, to the dead and missing of the expulsion, flight and deportation. Donated by the Landsmannschaft der Buchenland-Germans. "
	Stuttgart	Red , memorial stone at the corner of Haldenrainstrasse / Erlingheimer Strasse, coats of arms of Silesia, East Prussia, Danube Swabia, Sudetenland, German-Baltic, Russian-German, Upper Silesia, Memelland, Vistula-Warthe, Gdansk League, Pomerania, Carpathian Mountains, Transylvania, Bessarabia, Buchenland	1994	"In memory of our old home, we thank you for a new home in Stuttgart-Rot."
	Stuttgart	Zuffenhausen cemetery , memorial: the coats of arms of Silesia, East Prussia, Sudetenland, Danube Swabia	1987
	Stuttgart	India
	Triberg in the Black Forest	Memorial plaque in the crypt of the memorial on the Hoheneck. Coat of arms of Pomerania, West Prussia, East Prussia, Danzig; Sudetenland, Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia, Danube Swabia.	1961	"In the battles of World War II in 1939/45 and during the occupation of the German eastern territories, as well as during the deportation and expulsion from their original homeland in 1945/49, 64 relatives of the expellees residing in Triberg gave their lives for Germany."
	Tuttlingen	Old cemetery, memorial to the displaced (Memelland, East Prussia, West Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Brandenburg, Silesia, Wartheland, Sudetenland, Danube Swabia, Transylvania)	1956	“Our home is where our dead rest. Where we honor our dead lies our dignity. In memory of our deceased at home and the victims of the displacement. The expellees. "
	Tuttlingen	near the Tuttlingen train station , signposts to Königsberg (Prussia) , Stettin , Breslau and Eger
	Überlingen	Memorial stone in the green area opposite the rose garden / district court, coats of arms of East Prussia, Pomerania, Gdansk, Silesia, Sudetenland, Überlingen.	1976	"The dead remind those living in freedom to commemorate the dead of the expulsion in 1945/46 and the victims on the wall and barbed wire."
	Uhingen	Memorial cross in the cemetery	1956/1972	"The dead of home."
	Ulm	Monument to the Danube Swabians	1958/1974	“In the 18th century, German settlers moved from Ulm on the Danube to southeastern Europe. Their descendants, driven by fate after World War II, returned to their fathers' land. 1958. ”-“ Several thousand surviving returnees emigrated to other European countries and overseas out of need and desperation. So the Danube Swabians scattered all over the world and became respected citizens everywhere. Her also be honored. 1974. "
	Ulm	Memorial plaques on the old city wall, Danube Swabian bank	from 1986	1. “Danube Swabians, emigration, settlement, return: the dead at home, the war and the expulsion:” 2. “Banat Swabians. Half a million Germans found a home in the Banat for almost three hundred years. ” 3.“ The market and large community of Apatin – Abthausen on the Danube in the Batschka, 1730–1944. ” 4.“ The three sister communities on the Danube: Altpalanka-Neupalanka , German Palanka. 1764–1944. ” 5.“ The community of Obrovac, Boroc-Oberndorf in Batschka 1900–1944. ” 6.“ Gakowa, Gakovo, Gador 1783–1944, German community in Batschka. 1944–1948 internment camp, death place of thousands of Danube Swabians. ” 7.“ Bukin an der Donau, German village in Batschka, 1748–1944. ” 8.“ Novo Selo, Neudorf an der Donau, first German settlement in Batschka, 1734–1945 . ” 9.“ Gajdobra, Neu-Gajdobra, 1765–1885, German community in Batschka until 1944. ” 10.“ Rudolfsgnad Banat, 1888–1944, German community with 3200 inhabitants. 1944–1948 internment camp, death place of thousands of Danube Swabians. "
	Ulm	Memorial stone of the municipality of Varyash , behind the exhibition center on the Danube	1990	“Varyash near Temeschburg in the Banat. We remember our dead in the cemetery of our homeland and in the cemeteries of our new home. Home on shimmering waves drives your changing skills, draw the magical arc beyond anchored happiness. Here in Ulm our ancestors entrusted themselves to our fateful stream of the Danube with the Ulmer boxes 200 years ago. We thank the city of Ulm for their help. Ulm in June 1990. Ludwig Kloos. "
	Ulm	Friedrichsau, memorial stone of the community of Zauchtel , Kuhländchen : Chronicle of the community of Zauchtel	1990
	Vaihingen an der Enz	Memorial of the home group of the Jauerniger at the war memorial in the cemetery, coat of arms of Jauering , Sörgsdorf , Barzdorf , Weißwasser , Wildschütz , Weißbach , Krautenwalde , Neu Wilmsdorf , Obergostitz , Waldek .	1995	“Banished by arbitrariness, from our fathers country. In death freed from grief, misery and suffering. Only love that frowns on hatred points to the path that then reconciles. "
	Vaihingen an der Enz	Memorial plaque at the entrance to the Heimatstube, Kehlstrasse 68	1955	"The residents of Jauering and the surrounding area remember their homeland and thank the citizens of Vaihingen for taking over the sponsorship July 24, 1955 Sudeten-Silesia 1945."
	Villingen-Schwenningen	Waldfriedhof Schwenningen, memorial with a wooden cross and granite slabs	1963	“The dead of our homeland. East u. West Prussia, Sudetenland, Pomerania, Silesia, Danube Swabia etc. all other displacement areas. "
	Villingen-Schwenningen	Memorial in the green area at the Kaiserring in Villingen: three stone blocks symbolize the tripartite Germany, the crown of thorns the ordeal of the displaced, the water of the fountain the immortality of life.		"Unforgettable homeland East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Sudetenland, Danube regions."
	Villingen-Schwenningen	Memorial for the Danube Swabians at the Villingen cemetery		"The dead Danube Swabians of two world wars fleeing from the extermination camps 1944 - 1948"
	Waghausel	Memorial cross next to the funeral hall in the cemetery	1953	"The dead of home."
	Waghausel	Kirrlach , corner of Kolpingstrasse and Heidelberger Strasse	1996	“As a reminder and thanks for the admission of the expellees in Kirrlach in the period after the Second World War 1945/46. Created in 1996 by the displaced persons. "
	Waiblingen	Stone cross at the entrance to the cemetery		"Signs of suffering, signs of victory, help bear the wrong, let hope the right."
	Waldshut-Tiengen	Memorial stone on the Unterlauchringen-Kadelburg road in Waldshut	1965
	Wangen in the Allgäu	Market square in front of the town hall, memorial plaque	1984	“So that it won't be forgotten! As a result of the Second World War, 14 million Germans were expelled from their homeland in the east: from East Prussia, Danzig and West Prussia, East Pomerania and East Brandenburg, from Silesia, from Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia, from the Banat and Batschka, from Sathmar and Transylvania the beech country and Bessarabia. About 2 million people died in this displacement. The sufferings and victims of the displaced are supposed to warn all over the world to respect the right of home and to protect the rights of minorities. Our city has become a new home for more than 2,800 displaced people. Wangen im Allgäu, on the home days in 1984. "
	Wangen in the Allgäu	Marketplace in front of the town hall, bronze plate, map of Central Europe, areas of origin of the expellees (East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Brandenburg, Silesia, Upper Silesia, Buchenland, Szathmar, Bessarabia, Batschka, Banat, Transylvania, Herzegovina)	1984
	Because of the city	Cemetery, Ostlandkreuz (granite)	1982	“Remember your dead in distant homeland. Pray for them and they will be close to you. 1953. "
	Weingarten (Baden)	Cemetery, memorial stone	1987	"1837-1987. In memory of the dead. In memory of the living from Towarisch-Ridau of Batschka. ”See Bačka Palanka and Riđica in Vojvodina .
	Weingarten (Württemberg)	Schlossbüchel, memorial of the east, roundel with wooden cross and stone coat of arms of the sales areas (Russian-German, East Prussia, West Prussia, Vistula-Warthe, Gdansk, Silesia, Pomerania, Brandenburg, Sudetenland, Danube Swabia, Transylvania)	1957
	Weinberg	Memorial stone in front of the funeral hall in the cemetery	1973
	Welzheim	Memorial stone on the old cemetery on Rudersberger Strasse	1971	"In memory of the old homeland and the dead, in gratitude for the new homeland."
	Wendlingen am Neckar	Memorial cross of the East-West Prussia Landsmannschaft	1957
	Wendlingen am Neckar	Cemetery in Unterboihingen , stone cross of the Egerländer	1961
	Wendlingen am Neckar	Memorial plaque in the foyer of the town hall	1995	“The old homeland in memory, the new homeland Wendlingen am Neckar in thanks. Donated by the Federation of Expellees United Landsmannschaften, City Association Wendlingen am Neckar in 1995. 50 years after flight, deportation and expulsion. "
	Wernau (Neckar)	Cemetery, memorial stone	1991	“Traunau – Banat 1785–1991, in memory of the dead in the old and new homeland, the fallen and missing of the two world wars and the victims of violence.” - “Consequences of the war, 1944-1991: flight, deportation, disenfranchisement, expropriation, etc. Resettlement all over the world. ”-“ The community of Traunau was founded in 1785 by settlers from Lorraine, Saarland, Palatinate, Alsace a. A. founded. ”See Frumușeni .
	Wiesloch	Memorial stone on the site of a former zinc-silver mine		"The victims of the expulsion in 1945."
	Willstätt	Memorial stone on Town Hall Square in Legelshurst	1986	"200 years of Liebling parish." - "Faithful memory of the old homeland and our dead 1786–1986." - "Legelshurst Liebling sponsorship."
	Winnenden	Hill on upper Stöckach, end of Schillerstraße / corner of Ostlandstraße, Ostland memorial: 10 coats of arms of former home areas	1965	“Bridge to the home.” - “In memory of the old home in the east. Thanks to the new home. Erected by the Federation of the Winnenden Local Association of Displaced Persons on Homeland Day on September 12, 1965. "
	Winnenden	Cemetery, memorial stone		“In memory of our homeland and our dead. Municipality of Schowe 1736–1944. “See Vrbas (city) .
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	Winterbach (Remstal)	Memorial stone at the funeral hall in the cemetery		“We displaced fellow citizens remember our dead in awe at home, in the theaters of war, during flight and expulsion. Winterbach, Federation of Expellees, United Country Teams. "
	Winterbach (Remstal)	Ostlandkreuz on the Hungerberg in the Remstal		"To honor the victims of war and displacement, to commemorate our homeland in the east, our new homeland in gratitude for peace, justice and a Europe united in freedom as a warning."
	Wolfach	Memorial plaque on the war memorial, coats of arms of Pomerania, Danzig, East Prussia, Wolfach, Lower Silesia, Posen-West Prussia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenland		“The darkness of uncertainty still lies over the fate of 24 sons in our city. We take them in our memory, together with the many fallen, missing and relatives of our fellow citizens who were expelled from East Germany. "
	Double folds	Memorial cross with 3 marble plaques in the park opposite the psychiatric hospital	1983	"The dead of home." - "The victims of violence and displacement." - "Only the cause is lost that is given up."