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War Memorial Rotunda in Greiz Park

War Memorial Rotunda in Greiz Park

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War Memorial Rotunda in Greiz Park

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Location: Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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Christian 🏔️ OUTDOOR 🥾🧗🏻‍♂️🚵‍♀️

May 12, 2024

Built in 1787, it has had a rather eventful history. Built as a "porcelain house", the small pavilion was initially used to store the prince's porcelain collection. In 1822, Prince Heinrich XIX had the building converted into a Catholic chapel because the then Princess Gasparine was a Catholic. After the First World War, a war memorial was placed inside. A larger-than-life bronze sculpture was created by the Dresden sculptor Prof. Karl Albiker. The inscription above the door "I call you, the living" was added in 1926.

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Lutz - Berlin

September 20, 2020

The rotunda in Greiz in Thuringia, also popularly known as the porcelain rotunda, is a war memorial in the district town and part of the Princely Greizer Park.

The rotunda was built in 1787 under the direction of Prince Heinrich XI. and originally had the purpose as a porcelain house in which his wife Alexandrine kept her extensive Japanese porcelain collection. In 1822 the rotunda was built by Prince Heinrich XIX. converted into a Catholic chapel for his wife, Princess Gasparine von Rohan-Rochefort-Montauban.

After the end of the First World War, the rotunda was converted into a war memorial. Inside there are engraved bronze plaques on the walls with the names of the fallen soldiers. In the middle of the building there is a large bronze sculpture of a fallen warrior, which was created by the sculptor Karl Albiker in 1926. The inscription on the outside "You who live call me" was also applied in 1926.

To protect against vandalism, the entrance door was replaced by a steel grille so that the inside can be viewed. The rotunda is open to the public on the Sunday of the Dead and the dead can be commemorated with candles.
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Michi LE

April 9, 2024

with memorial to the fallen, unfortunately closed

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Elevation 260 m

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Monday 29 December

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War Memorial Rotunda in Greiz Park

1. Greiz Summer Palace – Princely Greiz Park loop from Neumühle (Elster)

2. Sommerpalais Greiz – Greiz Animal Enclosure loop from Greiz

3. Bretmühle Stud Farm – Princely Greiz Park loop from Greiz

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