Gymnastics Memorial
| Gymnastics Memorial | |
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 View from the south |
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| place | Deidesheim |
| architect | Georg Hoch, Philipp Blaumer |
| Construction year | 1926-1928 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 24 '29.8 " N , 8 ° 9' 53" E |
The gymnastics memorial near the Palatinate country town of Deidesheim is a memorial for the gymnasts of the Turngau Rhein-Limburg, which belongs to the Palatinate Gymnastics Federation , who fell in World War I. It is a listed building.
location
The gymnastics memorial is located about a kilometer west of Deidesheim just below the summit of the Waldberg , a mountain of the Haardt . A little below the gymnastics monument there is a sports area and a restaurant. A memorial stone was placed halfway between the sports field and the gymnastics memorial.
history
The idea of erecting the monument was first discussed at the Gauturntag on February 8, 1925, which took place in Deidesheim. In addition to the monument itself, a sports field was also to be built so that a mountain gymnastics festival could be held there every year . The site for the construction was provided by the city of Deidesheim. Work on the sports field began in January 1926 and was inaugurated on June 6 of the same year. The foundation stone for the monument was laid on the same day. There were 52 submissions to the tender among architects. A decision was made in favor of the “Stolze Mourning” design by architects Georg Hoch ( Neuhofen ) and Philipp Blaumer ( Ludwigshafen am Rhein ).
On October 3, 1927, a gymnastics festival was held in honor of the 80th birthday of President Paul von Hindenburg ; the gymnastics memorial was still under construction at the time. On June 2 and 3, 1928, the gymnastics memorial was finally inaugurated. Initially it was dedicated to the 1,018 fallen soldiers of the Turngau Rhein-Limburg who lost their lives in World War I. Today a memorial stone, which was erected a few meters away in 1957, also commemorates the gymnasts who died in World War II.
Every year on Ascension Day , a mountain gymnastics festival of the Turngau Rhine-Limburg takes place at the gymnastics memorial, in 2019 for the 92nd time.
description
The shape of the gymnastics memorial is reminiscent of a round temple that is open at the top. It is a tower-like quarry stone building with elongated, narrow arcades . The monument stands on a four-tiered pedestal, in the middle is a round "altar" on which a steel helmet decorated with oak leaves lies. The round table bears the inscription
- HIS GIRL BROTHERS FALLEN IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-18 RHEIN-LIMBRUG GAU DER DT
On the memorial stone a few meters away, the dead of World War II is commemorated with the inscription
DEDICATED
TO THE DEAD OF WORLD WAR 2, PFÄLZER TURNERBUND
RHEIN-LIMBURG-GAU
1957
A war memorial similar in shape can be found near Weidenthal .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Bad Dürkheim district. Mainz 2020, p. 26 (PDF; 5.1 MB; see: Turnerehrenmal auf dem Wallberg ).
- ↑ Heinz Schmitt : billy goat, wine and state visits - Deidesheim in the last 150 years . Ed .: City of Deidesheim. Verlag Pfälzer Kunst, Landau in der Pfalz 2000, ISBN 3-922580-82-3 , p. 122 .
- ↑ Berthold Schnabel : Deidesheim . Ed .: City of Deidesheim. Geiger-Verlag, Horb 2015, ISBN 978-3-86595-588-3 , pp. 10 .
- ↑ Heinz Schmitt: billy goat, wine and state visits - Deidesheim in the last 150 years . Ed .: City of Deidesheim. Verlag Pfälzer Kunst, Landau in der Pfalz 2000, ISBN 3-922580-82-3 , p. 123 .
- ↑ Berthold Schnabel: Art historical guide through the Deidesheim association . Deidesheim 1976, p. 34 .
- ^ Georg Peter Karn, Rolf Mertzenich: Bad Dürkheim district. City of Bad Dürkheim, municipality of Haßloch, municipalities of Deidesheim, Lambrecht, Wachenheim (= cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 13.1 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1995, ISBN 3-88462-119-X , p. 190 .