Sokołowo Monument

Monument in memory of the victims of the Battle of Sokolov on May 2, 1848

Plan of the monument

The Monument of Sokołowo ( Polish: Pomnik pod Sokołowem ) is a memorial to the memory of the victims of the Battle of Sokołowo, which took place on May 2, 1848 during the Wielkopolska Uprising .

location

The memorial is located at Droga krajowa (state road) 15 on the outskirts of the village of Sokołowo near the town of Września in the Powiat Wrzesiński in Greater Poland .

History of the monument

During the fight, a unit of the Polish insurgents led by Ludwik Mierosławski and a mixed Prussian federation under Major General Alexander Adolf von Hirschfeld stood together with local farmers . The battle, which was victorious for the Poles, cost more than 300 insurgents their lives. From this event (is also the 1848 Song Polish . Pieśń o 1848 roku ). The monument was built according to Cyprian Kamil Norwid's instructions .

After the monument was erected in the form of an obelisk in the autumn of 1848, the inauguration took place on November 23, 1848. In 1926, thanks to the generosity of Count Mycielski, the square was fenced in with stylized war scythes. During the German occupation, the statue was destroyed by the Nazis. After the end of the Second World War in 1945, the building was reconstructed and in 1961 a memorial was placed on an eight-meter-high hill. In 1998 the building was renovated to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Spring of Nations .

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  Information plaque on the monument

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  Mound and monument

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  Information on the plaque

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  monument

Web links

Commons : Monument in Sokołowo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pomnik według Cypriana Norwida Description of the monument near Polska Niezwykła (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of the City
2. ↑ http://www.polskaniezwykla.pl/web/place/17961,sokolowo-pomnik-wedlug-cypriana-norwida.html

Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 30 ″  N , 17 ° 33 ′ 53 ″  E