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Monuments at Hauptschanze I and the Schänzel

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Monuments at Hauptschanze I and the Schänzel

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Monuments at Hauptschanze I and the Schänzel

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Location: Edenkoben, Südliche Weinstraße, Südpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1Fritz-Marc 🚴🥾🏊🌲

June 28, 2020

On the slopes of the riser head was the Battle of the Revolutionary Wars 1793-1797. Here at the riser head a Prussian contingent - unsuccessfully - opposed the French troops. Because the Prussians had built smaller fortifications on the mountain slope, there are nine knightly stones here, which are maintained and kept in order by the PWV Palatinate Forest Association.

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

January 7, 2022

"During the First Coalition War (1792 - 1797) there were repeated battles at Steigerkopf in 1794 and 1795. During this time, Steigerkopf was expanded into a strong fortification. In 1795 there were battles at Schänzel, this time between Austrian coalition troops and French troops. On December 13th, the Austrians stormed the French-occupied fortifications, followed by the French retreat from the Rhine plain and a ceasefire on December 27th, albeit only temporarily."

The upper part of the monument shows the coat of arms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time, the years 1795 (= victory of Austria) and the year 1895 (= erection of this monument).

Source (partly quoted verbatim) and further information:
kuladig.de/Objektansicht/KLD-272364

At the bottom left (diagonally upwards) you can find the following large inscription:
"Honor the brave always!"

At the bottom right you can find the following smaller inscription (hardly legible):
"In memory of the / victorious battles / of the Austrian army / in these mountains / on December 13, 1795 / storming of the Schänzel / retreat of the French
and evacuation / of the German territory / armistice"

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

January 7, 2022

The inscription on this monument to the Prussian general Theodor Philipp von Pfau reads:
"In the year 1794, in front of the enemy, the Royal Prussian General Von Pfau, who was known as a hero and honest man, Pfau died for the German fatherland as a friend of noble bravery. This monument is dedicated to him by the Imperial and Royal General Field Marshal Dagobert Graf Von Wurmser in 1796"

"In the First Coalition War, there were repeated battles at Steigerkopf in 1794 and 1795. During this time, Steigerkopf was expanded into a strong fortification. One of the important figures in the conflicts in 1794 was Theodor Philipp von Pfau (1727-1794). He was a general in the Prussian army and had command of around 4,000 troops during the First Coalition War in 1794. Soldiers. These were distributed across four redoubts. General von Pfau and his troops were at the center of the battles for the Schänzel in the summer of 1794.

July 13, 1794 was a day of decisive importance. In the days before, the French had already made several attempts to conquer the redoubts, until the redoubts were finally taken on July 13. The Prussian General von Pfau lost his life in the process. The defeat of the coalition troops at the Schänzel resulted in a retreat to and across the Rhine. As a result, Prussia withdrew from the war after an armistice with France."

"As the inscription already says, the memorial stone was commissioned in 1796 by the Austrian Field Marshal Count Dagobert Siegmund von Wurmser. Wurmser died not long after this commission in the last year of the war, 1797. The monument was not erected until 1828.

In 1896, the monument was placed on a base covered with stone slabs so that it would attract more attention. During this work, a metal eagle figure with outstretched wings was attached to the monument, but this is no longer there.

Several sandstone slabs were leaned against the base of the monument. An inscription reads: Battle July 13, 1794."

Source (quoted verbatim) and other interesting information:
kuladig.de/Objektansicht/KLD-272363

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Monuments at Hauptschanze I and the Schänzel

1. Forsthaus Heldenstein – Schänzelturm on Steigerkopf loop from Ramberg

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3. Forsthaus Heldenstein – Meistersel Castle Ruins loop from Ramberg

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