Rabenstein (Bad Homburg)
The Rabenstein is a group of rocks in Kirdorf , a district of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe . The rock group is a natural monument . Both the rock group (as part of the Landgrave's garden landscape ) and the memorial on the Rabenstein are cultural monuments .
The rock group
50 ° 14 '20.5 " N , 8 ° 36" 52.1 " E
The group of rocks is located above Höllsteinstraße and below Am Rabenstein street on a steep slope in a green area. Until 1866 the area was owned by the Landgraves of Hesse-Homburg . In the 18th and 19th centuries, the rock group was known by various names such as Niobestein, Wilhelm- and Gustavstein, which referred to the names of members of the landgrave family.
Much of the material for the construction of the nearby parish church of St. Johannes , also known as the "Taunus Cathedral ", comes from the Rabenstein area.
The monogram GL (Gustav Landgraf) is carved into one of the rocks. It refers to Landgrave Gustav . The "Kirdorfer Allee" was created in the Great Fir Forest as part of the Landgravial Gardens Bad Homburg. The Rabenstein is integrated into this garden monument as the focal point of "Kirdorfer Allee" and is therefore a cultural monument.
Geologically, it is a rock formation from the Ordovician / Silurian, consisting of keratophyr , meta- volcanic rocks and meta- trachyte .
The memorial
50 ° 14 ′ 20.3 " N , 8 ° 36 ′ 51.5" E
In Bad Homburg there was the war memorial on Waisenhausplatz , the 80s memorial in the spa park and the memorial at the forest cemetery as war memorials , but no memorial that honored the fallen of the First World War .
The "united Homburg war clubs" therefore called in 1920 with the support of all parties except the SPD and KPD for donations to build a monument. The money collected was completely devalued in the inflation of 1923 and the monument committee dissolved again.
In December 1924 the board of the military association started a new attempt. After a discussion in a citizens' meeting in early 1925, the magistrate took the lead in the project. On March 6, 1925, the city council passed a unanimous decision (also with votes from the SPD and KPD) in accordance with the submission of city planning officer Dr. Ludwig Lipp to erect a memorial on the Rabenstein. An ideas competition resulted in 26 submissions, of which, however, in the opinion of the jury, only two met the requirement "Preservation of the Rabenstein in its natural beauty and gloomy grandeur". The two remaining designs were also disliked. None was recommended to run.
Two and a half years later, the memorial was discussed again in the city council. Alderman Dr. Ludwig Lipp had now submitted his own draft, which met with great approval. One third of the cost of 15,000 marks was borne by donations and two thirds by the city. The inauguration took place on March 11, 1928.
The gothic memorial was built from slate and lava stone. In the interior, which looks like a burial chamber, there is a figure of a fallen soldier by the sculptor Carl Stock . The memorial has a square floor plan, the walls are interrupted by pointed arches.
The head side is adorned with an inscription: “Listen, there is rustling in the oaks / The lamentation of the dead. / Brothers, strengthened in grief, / shake hands with you. "
Shortly after the inauguration, the memorial was desecrated by vandalism. The head was so badly damaged that it had to be removed and replaced with a new one. Officially, the process was rated as a fool's prank and not a political act. The memorial was given cast iron bars for protection.
literature
- Heinz Grosche: History of the city of Bad Homburg before the height / ed. from the city council of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe; Part 4. Three difficult decades: 1918-1948, 1993, ISBN 3-7829-0436-2 , pp. 178-180
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Rabenstein, rock with monogram In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
- ↑ Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology: Geotopes in the vicinity of Oberursel (PDF; 8.0 MB)
- ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): War memorial on the Rabenstein In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
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