List of displaced persons in Hessen (A – F)
This list of displaced monuments in Hesse (A – F) shows the displaced monuments in Hessian cities and communities from Allmendfeld to Fulda.
Lists
- List of displaced persons in Hessen (G – K)
- List of evacuation monuments in Hessen (L – P)
- List of evacuation monuments in Hesse (R – Z)
A-F
image | place | location | year | description |
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Alheim | Cenotaph in Heinebach | 1952 | Mauer und Marterl “German homeland in the east.” - “A man's greatest good is his people. The people's greatest good is their rights. The people's soul lives in their language! The day found us loyal to the people, the law and their language. Every day will find us! " |
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Allmendfeld | graveyard | 1950 | Memorial cross "To the dead of home." |
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Alsfeld |
Weinhaus on the market square next to the pillory 50 ° 45 ′ 3.5 ″ N , 9 ° 16 ′ 15.7 ″ E |
1988 | Commemorative plaque of the city of Alsfeld “More than 5000 displaced Germans from the Sudetenland, Silesia, East Prussia, Pomerania and from the settlement areas in Eastern and Southeastern Europe as well as refugees from Central Germany found refuge and a second home in Alsfeld and its districts after the Second World War. They and their descendants have played a major role in the cultural and economic development of our city. " |
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Alsfeld | Ludwigsplatz 50 ° 45 ′ 9.7 ″ N , 9 ° 16 ′ 9.1 ″ E |
Signpost, donated by the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft "Königsberg 1000 km, Berlin 450 km, Wroclaw 600 km, Eger 300 km, Marienburg 900 km, Tropau 500 km, Stettin 570 km, Danzig 900 km." |
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Amöneburg | Castle wall on the vineyard | 1952 | Memorial cross "Our dead in their old homeland." |
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Asslar | Kirchberg cemetery | 1952 | Memorial cross "To the dead of home." |
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Atzbach (Hesse) | Cemetery 50 ° 34 ′ 48.2 ″ N , 8 ° 35 ′ 35.9 ″ E |
1962 | Memorial cross | |
Bad Arolsen | church Square | 1960 | Memorial: Map of the tripartite Germany within the borders of 1937. - Bronze plaque (1990): “Since October 3, 1990, united Germany has included the areas of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic and all of Berlin. The united Germany does not raise any territorial claims against other states and will not assert them in the future either. The confirmation of the borders of the united Germany is an essential part of the peace order in Europe. " | |
Bad Hersfeld | City wall at Linggplatz 50 ° 52 ′ 1.6 ″ N , 9 ° 42 ′ 17.2 ″ E |
1954 | Memorial stone sponsorship Mährisch Schönberg | |
Bad Hersfeld | City wall at Linggplatz 50 ° 52 ′ 1.6 ″ N , 9 ° 42 ′ 17.2 ″ E |
1974, 1986 | Memorial plaques 1250 years Hersfeld, 750 years Mährisch Schönberg | |
Bad Hersfeld | Wilhelmshof part-time settlement in Petersberg (Bad Hersfeld) | 1976 | Settler stone | |
Bad Hersfeld | Eichhof , corner of Breslauer Strasse and Eichhofplatz | 1952 | Memorial stone, manufactured and maintained by the Nassauische Heimstätte , coat of arms of Sudetenland, Silesia, East Prussia, Pomerania, Hungary. "Built in 1952 for the expellees." |
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Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | Cemetery in Ober-Eschbach | 1954 | memorial | |
bad Homburg |
Jubilee Park at Landgrafenstrasse 50 ° 13 ′ 51.1 ″ N , 8 ° 37 ′ 12.6 ″ E |
1989 | The evictions monument (Jubilee Park Bad Homburg) is a memorial column and shows the coats of arms of the Baltic States, Berlin-Brandenburg, Danzig, Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia, East Prussia, Pomerania, Transylvania, Sudetenland, West Prussia. Motives for the expulsion: “Everyone has a right to a home! Let us remember the lost! ”-“ The builders, engineers, glass cutters, soap, wafer, hat, shoe and basket makers and everyone else began again. We thank you with our structure. " |
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bad Homburg | Marienbader Platz 50 ° 13 ′ 17 ″ N , 8 ° 37 ′ 13.4 ″ E |
1982 | Marienbad district monument “Egerland, Marienbad thanks Bad Homburg vdH 1946–1982. In memory of our home district Marienbad. " |
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Bad Orb | Divorce | 1967 | Displaced persons cemetery Wegscheide “Cemetery of the expellees. This is where Germans from the eastern regions rest who died in the Wegscheide camp after being expelled from their homeland. This place of honor was finally designed in 1967. " |
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Bad Orb | Divorce | 1967 | Memorial cross from the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge | |
Bad Orb | Courtyard | 1989 | East German memorial of the Landsmannschaft Silesia, coat of arms of Brandenburg, Pomerania, East Prussia, Silesia, Sudetenland, West Prussia, Danzig | |
Bad Schwalbach | graveyard | Ostlandkreuz, inscription "Unseren Toten der Ostdeutsche Heimat", four coats of arms | ||
Bad Sooden-Allendorf | Spa gardens | Miditz memorial stone (?) | ||
Bad Sooden-Allendorf | Kammerbach | 1952 | Ostlandkreuz | |
Bad Vilbel |
Dortelweil 50 ° 12 '19.2 " N , 8 ° 44' 44.7" E |
1964 | East German memorial "The dead at home, the victims of the expulsion in 1945." |
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Bad Vilbel | Dortelweil 50 ° 12 '19.2 " N , 8 ° 44' 44.7" E |
1987 | Signpost "Königsberg 1110 km, Opava 620 km, Eger 250 km." |
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Bad Vilbel | 1986 | Memorial stone: “40 years of expulsion from our homeland 1946–1986. 30 years of Sudetenland settlement. " | ||
Bad Wildungen | Fountain system | 1961 | Warning plaque "The indivisible Germany." - "The right to self-determination also applies to Germans." |
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Bebra | graveyard | 1950 | Plaque of honor “Our dead. Everyone is at home in God. The expellees. " |
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Beerfelden | 1954 | Memorial stone | ||
Bensheim | graveyard | 1950 | Memorial cross, donated by the city of Bensheim | |
Bensheim | Green area on Darmstädter Straße | 1956 | Rübezahl sculpture, sponsorship Arnau in the Giant Mountains | |
Biblis | 1985, 1996 | Memorial stone | ||
Biblis | Old graveyard | 1981 | Memorial stone for Domstadtl | |
Biblis | Old graveyard | 1995 | Egerländer Memorial | |
Biebesheim on the Rhine | graveyard | 1950 | Memorial cross in the cemetery | |
Biebesheim on the Rhine | Catholic Church | 1993 | Stained glass with 8 coats of arms, in the side aisle of the Catholic Church, donated by the BdV local association Biebesheim am Rhein "Mother Anna patroness of the expellees, please for us!" |
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Biebesheim on the Rhine | St. Maria Goretti Church | Plaque on the outside church wall | ||
Biebesheim on the Rhine | graveyard | 1995 | Memorial cross in the cemetery, coats of arms of Silesia, Sudetenland, East Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Danube Swabia | |
Biedenkopf | District Vocational School | Memorial plaque with the coat of arms of Danzig, Posen-West Prussia, East Prussia, Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenland | ||
Birkenau | Old graveyard | 1953 | Memorial cross | |
Birkenau | Nieder-Liebersbach , cemetery | 1972 | Memorial cross on the cemetery in Nieder-Liebersbach | |
Bischofsheim (Mainspitze) | graveyard | 1950 | Memorial stone with high cross | |
Bischofsheim | 1996 | Memorial stone “We remember our dead with loyalty and awe. 1996 Egerländer Gmoi Bischofsheim. " |
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Biskirchen | High cross with base | |||
Braunfels | St. Georgen cemetery 50 ° 30 ′ 33.4 ″ N , 8 ° 23 ′ 19.7 ″ E |
1950, 1986 | Memorial cross | |
Breuberg | Cemetery in Neustadt | 1955 | Memorial cross "The Victims of the Expulsion in 1945." |
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Bruchköbel | Karlovy Vary Square | 1982 | Memorial stone with plaque "With all German expellees and refugees, Bruchköbel preserves the memory of the unforgettable homeland in 1982. The magistrate of the city of Bruchköbel." |
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Bürstadt | graveyard | 1997 | Memorial stone | |
Bürstadt | Cemetery in Bobstadt | 1971 | Memorial stone “In memory of the dead at home. We seek our honor in pleasing Him whether we are at home or abroad. 2 Cor. 5.9 " |
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Büttelborn | Worfelden | 1950 | Memorial cross "Remember our deceased in our old homeland, the fallen and victims of the expulsion." |
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Büttelborn | Cemetery in Klein-Gerau | 1949 | Memorial cross | |
Büttelborn | Cemetery in Klein-Gerau | 2000 | Memorial stone, bronze plate of the municipality of Büttelborn | |
Burghaun | Castle Park | 1986 | Memorial stone “Don't forget your homeland. Augezd Kr. Sternberg, Sudetenland. Burghaun, the sponsoring community. Created in 1986 - 40 years after the expulsion, in the 25th year of sponsorship. ” Újezd u Uničova , Sternberg district (Moravia) |
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Butzbach | Memorial hall in the cemetery | 1962 | Memorial stone “City and monastery of Tepl, their fallen and the victims of the expulsion from September 1st, 1962.” Teplá , monastery Teplá |
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Butzbach | Main street in Kirch-Göns | 1983 | Memorial stone with the coat of arms of East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Transylvania and Sudetenland | |
Darmstadt | Waldfriedhof Darmstadt | 1995 | Memorial “1945–1995 Escape, Expulsion, Deportation. As Germans, we were driven from our homeland 50 years ago. Deported and interned in labor and death camps. We had blatant injustice to endure hardship and death. Growing out of the purifying power of suffering, we demanded in our charter of August 5, 1950, the renunciation of revenge and retribution, the reconstruction of Germany and the creation of a united, peaceful and free Europe in which all people and peoples live without fear and coercion can. We called and call on peoples and people who are of good will to lend a hand to the work, so that out of guilt, misfortune, suffering, poverty and misery, the way to a better future can be found for us all. We remember our dead. ”-“ 50 years of a new home. Sometimes one of us who has been wronged, a child, a woman, a man comes to mind to whom we want to say: Thank you! Whether in the old home countries or in the labor and death camps after 1945 or on the run, whether after freedom was finally achieved in Germany or in one of those countries to which a benevolent power directed our paths. Everywhere we met people who helped us to survive, who, like in the city of Darmstadt and in the districts of Darmstadt and Dieburg, encouraged us to build a new home. Association of Expellees. " |
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Darmstadt | Kapellenplatz | 1968 | Memorial plaque on a wall “Your dead. The German-Baltic Landsmannschaft commemorates those who died in the world wars and liberation struggles, those who perished through violence and misery. The Landsmannschaft set this honor roll together with their sponsor city Darmstadt AD in 1968. " |
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Darmstadt | Eberstadt , Reuterallee / Thüringerstraße | 1985 | Germany signpost with a memorial plaque “Königsberg 960 km, East Prussia Immanuel Kant, Käthe Kollwitz, R. Herder. Breslau Silesia 600 km, Duchess Hedwig, Gerhart Hauptmann, JF August Borsig. Danzig 840 km, Nicolaus Copernicus, Emil von Behring, Kurt Schumacher, Aachen 200 km, Stettin 570 km, Hamburg 420 km, Munich 300 km. "Commemorative plaque:" 1985 in the 40th year of the expulsion of the German population from their East German homeland and 35 Years after the German expellees solemnly renounced revenge and retribution, this memorial was erected by the East German country teams. It is always intended to remind of the fact that the German provinces East and West Prussia, Silesia, Upper Silesia, Pomerania and East Brandenburg belong to Germany under international law and honor East German personalities who are important for German culture as a whole. It should remind us that it is not the use of force but the mutual recognition of law and historical truth that are the basis of a lasting peace. " |
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Dietzhölztal | Cemetery in Ewersbach | 1990 | Central memorial | |
Dodenau | 1954 | Hochkreuz (Homeland Day) | ||
Dornheim (Hesse) | graveyard | 1997 | Memorial plaque “To commemorate the dead in our unforgettable homeland. The expellees 1950–1997. " |
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Dreieich | Cemetery in Sprendlingen | 1967 | Cenotaph “Loyalty for loyalty. Sudetenland, Pomerania, Silesia, East Prussia, Danube Swabia. Association of Expelled Germans 1967. " |
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Echzell | graveyard | 1984 | Memorial cross in the cemetery, on the base coat of arms of Silesia, Sudetenland, Pomerania, East Prussia | |
Echzell | Cemetery in Gettenau | 1956 | Wooden cross with stone base "Do not forget the dead of our stolen homeland." |
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Edermünde | Cemetery in Besse | 1950 | Wooden cross of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft | |
Egelsbach | at the city Hall | 1995 | Memorial stone “Egelsbach has given us a new home. We thank you for that. Association of Expellees. " |
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Egelsbach | in the cemetery of honor | 1986 | Memorial stone: "We remember in awe all the victims of the expulsion from 1945-1946." | |
Ehringshausen | at the Catholic Church | 1954 | Memorial cross | |
Eppstein | at the cemetery in Niederjosbach | 1950 | Memorial cross | |
Erbach (Odenwald) | in the cemetery | Memorial cross | ||
Espenau | Pringelsberg in Hohenkirchen | 1953/54 | Memorial, walled urns with soil from the displacement areas | |
Espenau | on Schäferberg next to the Catholic Church | 1955, 2005 | Wooden cross / memorial plaque | |
Felsberg (Hesse) | Heiligenberg in Gensungen | 1952 | Home bell “I call home.” - “In 1945/46, more than 17 million Germans were expelled from their ancestral homeland. 2.1 million were killed in the displacement. 9,957 displaced persons were accepted into the Melsungen district. They donated the home bell on July 20, 1952. " |
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Felsberg | Village square in Wolfershausen | 1988 | ||
Felsberg | on the road to Guxhagen | 1961 | Memorial cross | |
Felsberg | at the southern entrance to Neuenbrunslar | 1953 | Ostlandkreuz | |
Fernwald | Church in Steinbach | 1955 | Memorial plaques on both sides of the church entrance “Our dead in our old homeland. Anno 1955. "-" To the victims of war and displacement. Anno 1955. " |
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Lilacs | 1986 | St. Hedwig-wayside shrine "In 1946 1000 Germans from the East found a new home here after their expulsion." Hedwig von Andechs |
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Flörsheim am Main | in the cemetery | 1996 | Memorial "To the dead of the homeland, the victims of flight and displacement 1945-1946." |
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Frankfurt-Nieder-Erlenbach |
Nieder-Erlenbach : Alt-Erlenbach opposite house number 54 50 ° 12 ′ 15.3 ″ N , 8 ° 42 ′ 29.2 ″ E |
Displaced persons monument | ||
Frankfurt-Nieder-Eschbach | ||||
Frankenberg (Eder) | in front of the culture hall | 1969 | Memorial, sponsorship Bütow | |
Frankenberg (Eder) | in the green area by the district building in Bahnhofstrasse | Memorial stone | ||
Frankenberg (Eder) | in the cemetery | 1987 | Memorial stone "Unforgotten home Bütow in Pomerania 1945." |
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Friedberg (Hesse) | in the cemetery | 1986 | Memorial cross with memorial stones for the seaside town of Ervěnice , Teplá district | |
Fürth (Odenwald) | graveyard | 1957 | Displacement Cross | |
Fürth (Odenwald) | Community cemetery | 1991 | Guttenbrunn Memorial Cross | |
Fulda | Train station, platform 1 | 2016 | Memorial plaque commemorating the arrival of many transport trains with displaced Sudeten Germans in 1946 | |
Fulda | Women's mountain facilities | 1950 | Memorial stone “To the victims of the east. Expelled because German remained. District Association of Expellees Fulda 1950. " |
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Fulda | Wall below the Michaelskirche | 1967 | Commemorative plaque “The dead in the city of Oberglogau / Upper Silesia, the fallen of the first and the victims of the second world war and those who died in their hometown since 1945 when they were expelled or later in a new place of residence, commemorate the seventh time in solidarity and loyalty to their old homeland Oberglogauer united in the sponsored city of Fulda. Pentecost 1967. RIP " |
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Fulda | Wall below the Michaelskirche | 1997 | Memorial plaque Leitmeritz , Leitmeritz district “With loyal ties to our ancestral home in the Elbe Valley and the Bohemian Central Uplands, we commemorate all those who died from the city and district of Leitmeritz, those who fell in both world wars, all victims of war and crime, the victims of displacement from 1945-1946, and everyone those who died far from home. August 1997, 23rd federal meeting in the sponsor city of Fulda. Heimatkreis Leitmeritz e. V. " |
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Fulda - Mittelrode | Haimberg, between Haimbach and Mittelrode | 1981 | 10 m high stele not far from the memorial for displaced persons from 1950 | |
Fulda | Haimberg, between Haimbach and Mittelrode on the 416 m high Haimberg | 1950 | “Law must remain law, including the right to a home. In memory of the dead of the displaced. O Lord, give us back our home! Erected by the 1st Egerländer Gmoi Haimbach and the surrounding area. 9/10/1950. " | |
Fulda | Platz der Heimat in Gläserzell | 1975 | Memorial stone | |
Fulda | Entrance to Niesig | 1990 | Memorial stone with the coat of arms of the Sudetenland, Silesia, Slovakia, East Prussia and Danube Swabia “In the years 1950–1953, 39 families from formerly German eastern regions created a new home here in 5 full-time farmers and 34 part-time jobs. This stone represents their belief in a peaceful future. It should be a reminder to grant everyone the right to a home. 1989. Association of Expellees. Sniffy. " |
Web links
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Displaced persons cemetery Wegscheide ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Heiligenberg castle ruins
- ^ History of the Transports , accessed on November 6, 2018.