Kriegerdenkmal Stolpen, Saxony, Germany
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N 51° 02.882 E 014° 04.842
33U E 435560 N 5655569
Monument to honor the victims of Stolpen during WW I and WW II - Denkmal für die gefallenen Stolpner Bürger der beiden Weltkriege
Waymark Code: WMAXNX
Location: Sachsen, Germany
Date Posted: 03/08/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member lenron
Views: 37

physical description of the monument:
- a large block of sandstone with the names of the victims and the text you see below
- on top of the block there's a large eagle made of sandstone
- in front of the monument there's a "younger" plaque (sandstone) to honor the victims of WW II (text: in commemoration of the victims of WW II in Stolpen 1939-1945)

physical description of the area
- it's situated near of a crossroad, where the Parkstraße starts
- when you stand in front of the monument, you can see the church and the castle of Stolpen

Text on the marker:
DEN OPFERN DES WELTKRIEGES 1914-1918 IM DANKBAREM GEDENKEN DIE STADT-GEMEINDE STOLPEN
(translation: in commemoration of the victims of WW I, the town Stolpen)

below:
SCHLAFT IN EUREN HELDENEHREN (rest in honors)

List of names:
Name given name date of death
BOCHOW Kurt 06.10.1915
DIETTRICH Adolf 26.05.1917
DIETTRICH Max 11.09.1916
EISOLD Karl 01.10.1914
EITNER Hermann 27.10.1914
FIEDLER Alfred 20.10.1914
FÖRSTER Karl 07.07.1915
FÖRSTER Paul 21.11.1914
G? Emil ?
GELBHAAR Emil 17.07.1916
GLASS Arthur 16.02.1917
GLÜCK Max 01.09.1918
GREBE Max 14.09.1916
GROHMANN Leo 28.09.1914
GROHMANN Oswin 20.01.1916
GROSSE Oswin 03.09.1914
GROSSER Bruno 25.01.1915
GUTZEIT Paul 08.05.1915
H? Arthur 02.03.1917
HÄHNEL Curt 27.09.1914
HANISCH Alfred 21.08.1916
HÄNNIG Friedrich 09.12.1917
HÄRTING Arthur 27.09.1914
HEINKE Richard 05.08.1916
HENSEL Oswald 13.08.1916
HERBERG Otto 22.04.1920
HERDTLER Otto 19.10.1919
HERMANN ? 28.07.1917
HORMANN Arthur 10.10.1916
HÖRNIG Karl 17.09.1916
KLEINERT Willy 17.10.1918
KLEMM Erich 14.11.1918
KLEMM Walter 05.04.1918
KNOLL (KROLL?) Oswald 11.08.1916
KÖNIG Hermann 29.04.1916
KOTTE Paul 22.12.1914
KREBS Friedrich 29.03.1918
KREMMLER Kurt 05.11.1916
LASBERG Johann de 25.01.1915
LEUPOLD Bruno 24.04.1915
LEUPOLD Kurt 13.04.1916
LITZENBERGER Alwin 11.09.1916
LITZENBERGER Gustav 21.06.1917
LÖBEL Franz 17.08.1914
MAGER Max 27.08.1917
MARX Richard 29.09.1917
MÜLLER Max 22.07.1917
NITSCHKE Karl 05.09.1916
OPITZ Hermann 02.11.1915
PAL(?)ME Walter 06.11.1915
PÄTZOLD Georg 04.06.1917
PFLUCKE Bruno 08.09.1914
PUTZE Edwin 06.08.1915
REISCHAUER Theodor 14.02.1917
RICHTER Georg 25.10.1918
RIEGER Oskar 20.04.1919
SCHEIBNER Arno 09.05.1915
SCHEUNPFLUG Martha 1921
SCHOEN Otto 21.09.1915
SCHULZE Alwin 16.09.1915
SCHULZE Ernst 08.09.1914
SCHURIG Ernst 22.08.1914
SCHÜTZELT Paul 25.10.1918
SEIFERT Friedrich 12.10.1918
STEGLICH Kurt 10.09.1914
STREHLE Paul 12.11.1914
STREHLE Walter 16.10.1914
THOMAS Gustav 05.02.1917
VALDEIG Otto 19.07.1917
VO? Paul 16.01.1916
VOGT Max 25.03.1918
WERNER Hermann 19.10.1917
WIEDNER Karl 26.09.1915
WOLF Julius 18.03.1918
ZIPPE Erich 23.06.1918
Property Permission: Public

Location of waymark:
Parkstraße
Stolpen, Sachsen Germany
01833


Commemoration: it honors the killed inhabitant of Stolpen during WW I and WW II

Date of Dedication: Not listed

Access instructions: Not listed

Access times: Not listed

Website for Waymark: Not listed

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