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Leibgardist Memorial

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Leibgardist Memorial

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Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald

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    March 2, 2021

    Beautiful statue erected in honour of of the more than 2,000 casualties and missing of the 115th Infantry Regiment.

      July 3, 2023

      The memorial was depicted in the Hessian country calendar of 1937 as a symbol for "the fighting, powerful and heroic defeat". A dying lion designed by Heinrich Jobst (1874 - 1943). Two broken spears or arrows are stuck in the lion's chest, the right paw is raised for the last blow. Of the two spears in the lion's chest, only one remains.

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        September 17, 2023

        @Bernhard Blum - Monument isn't quite a building, is it? And plaque not city either, and...

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          Elevation 140 m

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          Location: Hesse, Germany

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