Möltenort submarine memorial
The U-boat Memorial Möltenort in Heikendorf in Kiel is the German War Graves Commission is part of memorial for the First World War and Second World War fallen soldiers of the German submarine units and for all victims of the submarine war . In addition, the submarine driver of the Bundeswehr who died while on duty is also remembered. The memorial is a landmark of Heikendorf.
Memorial column
The memorial was built on the former Möltenorter Schanze in Heikendorf and inaugurated on June 8, 1930. In 1938 it was rebuilt due to structural damage. It consists of a 15.30 meter high pillar on which a 4.80 meter high eagle (design: Fritz Schmoll ) stands. In the year 2000 extensive rust damage was discovered on the steel inner supporting structure of the eagle, which made a renewal inevitable. Since July 12, 2001, the former eagle with its galvanically copper-plated outer skin made of iron has been replaced by an original bronze cast (made by Noack, Berlin). In March 2012 the eagle was removed because signs of fatigue had been discovered on the supporting structure. The return originally planned after six weeks has been postponed several times; on April 25, 2013 the eagle was reassembled.
The submarine war badge is affixed to the pillar . In its place was a swastika until 1945.
Memorial plaques
In an arched tour, the fallen German submarine drivers of the Imperial Navy and the Kriegsmarine , as well as the soldiers who died in service with the German Navy , are named by name on 115 bronze plaques .
The number of fallen submarine drivers of the German Navy is indicated on two boards as follows:
- 1914-1918
- 4,744 dead
- 200 lost submarines
- 1939-1945
- 30,003 dead
- 739 lost submarines
See also
literature
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars , Graefelfing / Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7
Web links
- U-Boot-Ehrenmal Foundation
- Karin Offen ( Genealogical Society Hamburg ): Heikendorf (Möltenort), district of Plön, Schleswig-Holstein: / U-Boot-Ehrenmal Möltenort / U 233 / Type XB, 12th U-Flotilla, Bordeaux, front boat, mine-layer , partial copy and Supplements with references to U 233 from September 2006
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 54 ° 22 ′ 46 ″ N , 10 ° 11 ′ 41 ″ E