Tank memorial Rothenburg / OL
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The tank memorial in Rothenburg / OL in the Saxon district of Görlitz commemorates the capture of the place by the Soviet and Polish armies in April 1945.
The cultural monument is on the monument protection list of the State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony (as of April 15, 2014).
history
The construction of the tank memorial began on July 16, 1969 at a historically memorable place, because this is where the 52nd Soviet Army and the 2nd Polish Army fought over the Neisse in World War II on April 16, 1945 . This transition had supraregional significance for the later battle for Bautzen and the march of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Konew on Berlin .
Before they withdrew from Rothenburg / OL, the Wehrmacht destroyed all Rothenburg Neisse bridges in April 1945 . The 2nd Polish Army formed a bridgehead several times during the crossing of the Neisse. The city was badly damaged by the fighting that followed.
monument
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The memorial is located on the outskirts of Rothenburg / OL. A T-34 tank stands on a base made of granite stones . A wall made of the same material surrounds the tank in a semicircle. The wall is about a meter high behind the tank, and about two meters high at the ends, each of which has a base on which wreaths or bowls of flames used to be. On the sloping terrain behind the wall surrounding the tank there is a small wood, which is followed by an undeveloped green area that stretches to today's border river Lausitzer Neisse . There is a meadow in front of the tank, which is visually delimited by a hedge towards the adjacent state road 127 . There are deciduous trees to the right and left of the tank, which now double over the combat vehicle.
On the base there are three metal plates with identical inscriptions in Russian, German and Polish:
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ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЕ МЕСТО БИТВЫ |
HISTORICAL SITE OF THE FIGHT |
HISTORYCZNE MIEJSCE WALKI |
The T-34 tank was used in the battles of World War II. It bears the number 704 on the left side of the turret. The model T-34/85 on display weighs just over 32 tons, has 4.5 cm of steel armor and offered space for five soldiers. The twelve-cylinder diesel engine had a displacement of 38.9 l, developed 500 hp and a maximum speed of 47 km / h. This tank was armed with the 85 mm SiS-S-53 tank cannon, which was supplemented by two machine guns cal. 7.62.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Excursion destinations: tank monument on the website of the city of Rothenburg / OL, accessed on July 26, 2017
- ↑ a b Panzer monument in Rothenburg / OL , Gedenkkultur.info/infoladen-zittau.de, December 23, 2014, accessed on July 26, 2017
Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 36.1 ″ N , 14 ° 58 ′ 27.1 ″ E