List of displaced persons in North Rhine-Westphalia (H – W)

This list of displaced monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia (H – W) shows the displaced monuments in cities and municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia from Haan to Wuppertal. For the others, see the list of evictions in North Rhine-Westphalia (A – G) .

Historical background

list

image	place	location	year	description
0	Haan	Memorial stone for Good Day and praise in Upper Silesia
0	Hagen	Stadtpark Wehringhausen, memorial stones for the Lyck district and the Lyck sponsorship	1963	"1920 Lyck district for Germany. Unforgettable homeland. ”-“ Separating the German from his homeland by force means killing him in spirit. ”-“ 1955 Lyck East Prussia, sponsored city of Hagen. ”
0	Halle (Westphalia)	Memorial stone in front of the Protestant cemetery in Hörste (Halle)
0	Haltern am See	Roman road, memorial stone	1986	"The victims of displacement."
	Holders	St. Anna (Haltern am See)	1981
0	Hamm	Memorial plaque behind St. Pankratius (Bockum-Hövel)		"Free mountain town of Tarnowitz - our dead" Tarnowskie Góry
0	Hamminkeln	Memorial cross in the Dingden cemetery	1966	"The dead of home."
0	Heimbach (Eifel)	Memorial stone in the cemetery of honor at the Mariawald Abbey		"Remember our dead in the east."
0	Hemer	Memorial stone in the Peace Park	1999	“In memory of the victims of flight and displacement 1945-1948.” - “In the years after World War II, around 8,000 German expellees from the Baltic States, East and West Prussia, Gdansk, Pomerania, Lower and Upper Silesia, and the Sudetenland found and the German settlement areas in Eastern and Southeastern Europe a new home in Hemer. ”-“ As a reminder. Through flight and expulsion from 1945-48, around 20 million civilians were expelled from their East German homeland in what was then Reich territory under cruel conditions. 2.8 million were cruelly killed. There must be no repetition. Help us! "
0	Hens	Memorial stone with the coat of arms of Pomerania, West Prussia, Danzig, East Prussia, Silesia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenland, Transylvania	2004	“In memory of the many victims who lost their lives through flight and displacement from 1945–1948. Farmers Association and Federation of Displaced Hens. "
	Herford	Honor niche in the town hall	1976	“Landsberg Warthe 1257–1957 unforgettable homeland.” Gorzów Wielkopolski
0	Herford	Memorial at the Bergertor	1968	"The victims of the wars urge peace."
0	Herford	Werre bridge on Bergertorplatz, memorial stone with the coat of arms of Landsberg an der Warthe	1976	"To Landsberg an der Warthe via Berlin 519 km."
0	Herford	Memorial plaque in the courtyard of St. John the Baptist	1996	"In memory of. After 1945, Silesians, Pomerania, East and West Prussia, Danzig, East Brandenburg and Sudeten Germans were expelled from their centuries-old homeland. Here in Herford in the years 1946-1948, especially Silesians from the County of Glatz found shelter and help. We would like to thank the parish of St. Johannes Baptist and all institutions in the city and district of Herford that helped to alleviate hardship for their acceptance during the most difficult times. Home group and central office Grafschaft Glatz / Schlesien eV on the 50th anniversary of the expulsion. 1996. "
0	Herne	Memorial stone at Gräffstraße 43, music school	2000	Sponsorship for Jauer , Ortelsburg and Strehlen
	Hilden	Main cemetery on Kirchhofstrasse, memorial stone		“The dead of the Wohlau sponsored district .” Wohlau district , Wołów
0	Hille	Town hall, memorial plaque with refugee trail	1995	“To commemorate flight and displacement. Association of Expellees 1995. "
0	Hövelhof	Memorial in the town hall, coats of arms of East Prussia, West Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Silesia, Upper Silesia and Sudetenland	1989
0	Höxter	Memorial cross from February 18, 1945 in Corvey for Victor I, Duke of Ratibor , buried in Rauden Monastery	1945
0	Horn-Bad Meinberg	Memorial in front of Horn Castle , coats of arms of Pomerania, East Brandenburg, Danzig, Sudetenland, Upper Silesia, East Prussia, Lower Silesia and West Prussia	2004	“The victims of every displacement are the people. We hope that in a united Europe there will be no more displacement. "
0	Ibbenbueren	Memorial stone in the central cemetery	1958-1960
0	Iserlohn	Iserlohn municipal cemetery , triple memorial cross	1958
0	Iserlohn	New Catholic cemetery in Letmathe , memorial stone	1952	"Our dear dead at home, the victims of war and displacement."
0	Iserlohn	Memorial stone of the farmers' association in front of the cemetery in Hennen	1987
0	Kalletal	Hiking trail from the Felsenkeller towards Stemmen-Rinteln, memorial stone of the Lippe Heimatbund	1969
0	Came	High cross and stone slabs with coats of arms of Silesia, Pomerania, Sudetenland, Brandenburg, East Prussia, West Prussia, Danzig, Posen	1949
0	Kempen	Memorial plaque on the mortuary of the cemetery in St. Hubert (Kempen)	1980
0	Kleve	Cemetery: Ostlandkreuz, home earth	1958
0	Koenigswinter	Marterl in the garden of House Silesia		"Remember the victims of the war and the expulsion from the German East."
	Krefeld	Memorial at the central cemetery in Elfrath	1985	Pomerania, Sudetenland, East Prussia, West Prussia, Free State of Danzig, Banat Swabia, Silesia, Upper Silesia
0	Location (lip)	Memorial cross at the entrance to the cemetery in Heiden (Lage)	1954/1979	Coats of arms of East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia and Sudetenland
0	Lemgo	Memorial for the Kolmar i. Poznan , next to the memorial at the Johannisturm	1968
0	Lengerich (Westphalia)	Memorial at the stadium, coat of arms of East-West Prussia, Berlin, Silesia, Sudetenland, Pomerania	1956	"Eternal German East."
0	Leverkusen	Cemetery in Leverkusen-Manfort , Ostlandkreuz, plaque	1950/1995	“The dead of the East German homeland.” - “1945-1995. In memory of the millions of East German victims through flight and expulsion. ”-“ In memoriam for all who died helpless and lonely, who no one buried on the way of their flight, the way without mercy. Agnes Miegel. "-" East and West Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Germans from Russia, Transylvania-Saxony, from the Sudetenland. "-" Homeland, what you love cannot pass away. "
0	Leverkusen	Memorial stone behind the Doktorsburg	1960	"Ratibor"
0	Lichtenau (Westphalia)	Memorial site in the town hall	1989	Coats of arms of East Prussia, Warmia, West Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Silesia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenland
0	Lindlar	Memorial stone next to the staircase to the town hall	1963	"Think of the German Eastern Territories."
0	Lippstadt	Cemetery, memorial for displaced persons	1956	Refugee family. East Germany within the borders of 1937, order cross: "Never forget 1945."
0	Lippstadt	St. Martinus (Hörste) , memorial plaque for Wölfelsdorf with the Church of Maria Schnee (Międzygórze)	1998
0	Wages	Rear of the new town hall, memorial	1960	“The unforgettable East German homeland. Wroclaw 600 km, Königsberg 900 km. "
0	Luebbecke	Striegau milestone, station forecourt and town hall	1962 and 1986	"Striegau / Schl. 700 km. ” Strzegom
0	Luebbecke	Cemetery, memorial stone for Striegau	1968
0	Luebbecke	Striegau bell in the wall around the Burgmannshof local history museum	1983	“Striegau bell from the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Striegau in Lower Silesia. Cast in 1692 in Schweidnitz / Silesia, removed for melting in 1943, 1952-1981 in the service of St. Bonifatius in Wetter / Hesse. On September 15, 1983, this bell was brought to the sponsored city of Lübbecke. "
0	Luebbecke	Berger Torstrasse, memorial stone behind the local history museum		"Sellin Memorial 1945" Czelin
	Ludenscheid	Memorial on Glatzer Strasse	October 6, 1962	Sculptor: Waldemar Vienna, Kierspe “Glatz - Lüdenscheid. All expelled Germans. ” Kłodzko
0	Marl	Old central cemetery on Sickingmühler Strasse, memorial stone	Homeland Day 1979
0	Meerbusch	Cemetery in Lank-Latum, memorial stone	1965
0	Menden (Sauerland)	Catholic cemetery, Marterl by the Silesian sculptor Johannes Langer	1954	"Home is in Christ"
0	Meschede	Farmers' settlement on Breslauer Straße, memorial stone	1958	“The dead from war and expulsion from the German East. Meschede 1958. "
0	Meschede	Memorial stone on the south cemetery	1958	“The dead from Winzig and the surrounding area. The sponsored city of Meschede. ” Wińsko
0	Mettmann	Angerapper Platz, memorial stone for Angerapp	1954
0	Mettmann	Lindenheide cemetery, memorial stone with memorial trees for Ketschdorf in the Schönau district	1987
0	Minden	Memorial plaques in the great cathedral courtyard	1998	“In memory of the 2 million victims of flight and displacement 1944-1948. Donated by the Landsmannschaften and the BdV 1998. ”-“ In the years after the Second World War, around 10,000 displaced persons from the Baltic States, East and West Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Silesia, the Sudetenland and other German settlement areas found in East and West Germany Southeast Europe a new home in Minden and the surrounding area. "
0	Minden	Memorial stone for the Köslin sponsorship	1953	"West and East Prussia, Pomerania, East Brandenburg, Silesia, Sudetenland."
0	Minden	Heimatstein in Haddenhausen	1985
0	Minden	Memorial plaque next to the memorial for the fallen in the cemetery in Todtenhausen	1995
0	Mönchengladbach	Memorial stone at the theater in Rheydt	2001	“After 1945, fifteen thousand displaced people and refugees begin a new life in our city. Fourteen million Germans have to leave their homeland at the end of the Second World War. Hundreds of thousands lose their lives in the process. We remember all those who have died through war, genocide, flight and displacement. Donated by: Association of Expellees, Mönchengladbach District Association, Landsmannschaft East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia and Sudetenland. "
0	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Memorial of the displaced persons at the chapel of the old town cemetery, Kettwiger Straße	2008	“We ask the living around the world to drive away hatred through reconciliation. The expellees from East and West Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Sudetenland. "
0	Muenster	Servatiiplatz , memorial stone	2003	“The German refugees and expellees in Münster since 1945.” - “With this memorial, the city of Münster commemorates the fate of the refugees, expellees and deportees from Silesia, East Brandenburg, Pomerania, Danzig-West Prussia, East Prussia, the Sudetenland and the settlement areas of Germans in Eastern, Central and Southeastern Europe who came here after 1945. She recognizes her contribution to the reconstruction and establishment of a democratic community for our city. "
0	Muenster	Entrance hall of the historical town hall of Münster , memorial plaque with the charter of the German expellees	1975
0	Neuss	Oberstrasse, memorial for the German East and the division of Germany. Obelisk, coat of arms of Silesia, Pomerania, Sudetenland, West Prussia, East Prussia	1988	“Don't forget your German East.” - “Erected by Neuss citizens and entrepreneurs, the East German Landsmannschaften Neuss, the anniversary foundation of the Stadtsparkasse Neuss and the city of Neuss. June 17, 1988. "
0	Neuss	Memorial stone at the corner of Burgerstrasse and Uedesheimer Strasse in Norf	1975	“East Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Silesia and other expulsion areas. For peace against violence, flight, displacement, separation. Fateful years of the German East 1944/45/46. "
0	Oberhausen	Oberhausen Castle , sculpture The Mourners	1950	"In memory of the victims of wars, bondage and displacement."
0	Oer-Erkenschwick	Memorial stone on the forest cemetery		“We remember the dead in our distant homeland - all those who were murdered or expelled in 1945 in the towns of Bruch, Laden and Wiesa - Sudetenland - wherever we live today. May God give them rest and peace! The home parish. ” Lom u Mostu
0	Oerlinghausen	Memorial plaque in front of St. Hedwig's Chapel	1997	"In memory of our unforgettable hometown Niedersteine, County Glatz / Silesia, from which we were expelled in 1946." Ścinawka Dolna
0	Paderborn	Memorial stone at the district administration on Aldegrever Strasse		" Meseritz district . Our dead. District of Schwerin (Warthe) . "
0	Plettenberg	Signpost in front of the new town hall		"Königsberg 1115 km, Wroclaw 810 km, Berlin 530 km, Stettin 675 km."
0	Plettenberg	Memorial stone at the side entrance of the Schützenhalle	2010
0	Porta Westfalica (City)	Königsberg monument at the western bridgehead of the Weser Bridge in Barkhausen		"Königsberg 925 km, Berlin 355 km." Reichsstrasse 1 , Königsberg (Prussia)
0	Ratingen	Memorial bell at the "House of Upper Silesia" in Hösel		"Created in 1492. On permanent loan from the Neisser Heimatkreis and the Bösdorf parish." Nysa , Gmina Pakosławice
0	Recklinghausen	Memorial next to St. Peter		"Germany is indivisible."
	Reken	Memorial plaque on a wall of the workers' colony Haus Maria-Veen
0	Remscheid	Memorial plaque on a wall on the forecourt of Remscheid Hauptbahnhof		“Stettin, Breslau, Königsberg, Sensburg. Sponsored city since 1954. In memory of the eastern territories lost as a result of World War II. "
0	Remscheid	Town hall, memorial for the sponsorship of Sensburg
0	Rheinbach		1987	Memorial trophy in the glass museum: “Certificate. After disenfranchisement and expulsion from their home in northern Bohemia, a Sudeten German ethnic group settled in Rheinbach in 1947. The glass industry, the glass technical school and the glass museum came into being through their hard work and the help of the Rheinbach citizens . This trophy was donated to the city of Rheinbach as a thank you for taking over the sponsorship - on the occasion of the 40-year settlement. Rheinbach, October 10, 1987. "
0	Salzkotten	Green area near the Schützenhalle, memorial stone	1976	"25 years of the Pomeranian Landsmannschaft 1976."
0	Salzkotten	Memorial stone	1985	“1945–1985, 40 years of flight and displacement. Federation of Expellees United Country Teams. "
0	Salzkotten	Memorial in the foyer of the town hall, coats of arms of East Prussia, West Prussia, Gdansk, Pomerania, Silesia, Upper Silesia and Sudetenland	1989
0	snakes	Homeland memorial stone on Hans-Winter-Platz, coats of arms of the eastern territories, Stettin 570 km, Wroclaw 771 km, Königsberg 1103 km.	Homeland Day 1974	`OSTWIND TELL` - `WESTWIND TAKES GREETINGS WITH YOU`
0	Schwelm	Döinghauser Strasse, East German memorial stone	1983
0	Siegburg	Inner courtyard of the district administration, Töpfer , Bunzlau 790 km, sponsorship for the Bunzlau district	1960
0	Siegburg	Foyer of the town hall, Bunzlau coat of arms
	Siegburg	St. Servatius , memorial stone for Paul Sauer (priest)	1996
0	Wins	Upper Castle (Siegen) , east memorial	1968
0	Soest	Outer wall of the Soest town hall , memorial plaque for sponsorship of Groß Strehlitz , Upper Silesia
0	Soest	Memorial plaque under the town hall arcades	1989	"Do not forget your homeland, the victims of the flight, expulsion and deportation in 1945. Association of Expellees, Soest District Association."
0	Soest	Memorial plaque in the town hall entrance	replaces 1998	Charter of the German expellees . Coats of arms of East Prussia, Lower Silesia, Danzig, Posen-West Prussia, Sudetenland, Upper Silesia, Pomerania. “The historic German eastern provinces. Home of many Soest citizens. "
0	Sprockhövel	Memorial stone in front of the town hall in Haßlinghausen	1979
0	Steinhagen (Westphalia)	Memorial cross at the entrance to the Protestant cemetery		" Psalm 90 . The victims of the great trek from the east in 1945. "
0	Stemwede	Memorial cross on the Protestant cemetery in Levern	1959	"The dead of the East German homeland."
0	Stemwede	Coat of arms of the province of Poznan and Silesia	1979
0	Telgte	Wayside shrine between Bernsmeyerhaus and St. Clemens (Telgte)	1988	Glatzer Madonna , pilgrimage churches of Glatz and Albendorf and Maria Schnee (Międzygórze) church . "Victims of war and displacement." - "Erected for the 42nd Grafschafter Pilgrimage in 1988."
0	Troisdorf	Memorial at the main entrance to the forest cemetery, sculpture refugee woman with child , three East German coats of arms	1952/53
0	Unna	State office Unna-Massen	Homeland Day 1959	"The victims of flight and displacement."
0	Velbert	Memorial at the forest cemetery, cross and stones	1957	Russian Germans, East Prussia, West Prussia / Danzig, Pomerania, Upper Silesia, Silesia, Sudetenland. "He is deeply loyal, who loves his home country like you do. Theodor Fontane ."
0	Velbert	Memorial stone in front of Hardenberg Castle		“The victims of flight and displacement. Confederation of Expellees. "
0	Vlotho	Pedestrian zone, memorial plaque for the Sommerfeld sponsorship , Niederlausitz	1955
0	Voerde	Place of honor for the fallen Carpathian Germans of the sponsored community Krickenau, next to the old town hall	1960
0	Vreden	Memorial plaque at the cattle market	1986
0	Wachtberg	Cenotaph on the main street in Niederbachem
0	Warburg	Gravestone with a wooden cross, inserted into the old city wall in the castle cemetery	1972	“Far away, but unforgotten, our dead rest in the Parchwitz cemetery. In 1972 a friend from home brought Stein and Kreuz to our new home in her memory. ” Prochowice
0	Warendorf	Memorial plaque on the outside wall of the old town hall	1955	“1945 + 1955. Going from home is the heaviest burden that bows gods and people. Agnes Miegel. Cast with additions of remains of East German bells in the tenth year after the unfortunate division of people and fatherland and the beginning of the sacrificial expulsion of our sisters and brothers from their East German homeland. Given to the city of Warendorf on the day of their German homeland 1955 by the displaced in the Warendorf district. "
0	Warstein	Memorial stone in the municipal cemetery	1948	"St. Hedwigskreis 1948. “ Hedwig von Andechs
0	Wattenscheid	Memorial stone in front of the provost church of St. Gertrud von Brabant	2003	"In memory of our dead and fallen from both world wars and all victims of displacement."
0	Werdohl	Funkenburg, Hochkreuz, coats of arms of Silesia, Pomerania, East Prussia and Sudetenland	1951/52
0	Werdohl	Friedrich-Keßler-Platz
0	Werl	Schützenstraße, memorial stone with a map of Silesia and the coat of arms of Lower and Upper Silesia
0	Wermelskirchen	Dhünner Strasse, memorial cross	1950
0	Werther (Westphalia)	Cemetery, Ostlandkreuz	1952/2002	"The dead of East Germany."
0	Wesel	Main entrance to Wesel train station , memorial stone	1966	Rastenburg, Königsberg, Stettin, Dresden, Breslau
0	Wesel	Memorial at the entrance of the former main transit camp for Soviet zone immigrants and refugees, near the confluence of Kreuzstrasse and Schillerstrasse	1959	"There is no escape, there is only one through."
0	Wiehl	Retirement home in a settlement for Transylvanian Saxons in Drabenderhöhe , memorial plaque	1966	“We lost our Transylvanian homeland. Our original home welcomed us lovingly. We are rooted again and gratefully live on our own land. 1966. "
0	I want to	Memorial stone in the cemetery	1967	“Home, lost, our soul is looking for you. You, dead, keep our hearts. 1967. "
	Witten	Memorial stone on the corner of Universitätsstrasse and Hellweg	1995	“Over 15 million Germans were expelled from their homeland during World War II. Over 3 million Germans were killed as a result. Approx. After 1945, 18,000 displaced people were gratefully received in Witten. We remember our dead through war, flight and displacement. Association of Expellees, Witten City Association - 50 years old - May 1995. "
0	Wuelfrath	Entrance hall of the town hall, memorial plaque with the Tiegenhof coat of arms		"Our godfather city Wülfrath on the 150th anniversary of the city."
0	Wuppertal	Görlitzer Platz in Wichlinghausen , Arnim monument	1962	“Hans Georg von Arnim won the fight for freedom of belief as a general from Electorate Saxony on May 13, 1634 near Liegnitz. This memorial, erected by Liegnitz citizens, was saved from destruction in World War II and erected in Wuppertal in 1962 to commemorate the godfather city of Liegnitz. “ Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg , Legnica