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North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

Porta Westfalica

Observation tower at the Schlageter Memorial

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

Porta Westfalica

Observation tower at the Schlageter Memorial

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Location: Porta Westfalica, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Korff's Spring – Jakobsberg Observation Tower (Former Schlageter Memorial) loop from Ahmserort

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2. Jakobsberg Observation Tower (Former Schlageter Memorial) – Korff's Spring loop from Porta Westfalica

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3. Jakobsberg Observation Tower (Former Schlageter Memorial) – Hiking car park Am Levernsiek loop from Lerbeck

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Moonbeam🌜

December 30, 2021

The farmer's son Albert Leo Schlageter, born in Schönau in 1894, only gained fame and popularity after his execution in Düsseldorf in 1923. At the beginning of the 1920s, the World War II officer and later free corps fighter joined the Heinz organization, a right-wing secret society that did not shy away from murder. After French and Belgian troops marched into the Rhineland in 1923, which was supposed to enforce the reparation claims set out in the Versailles Treaty, Schlageter actively resisted the occupying powers. The transport of coal from the Ruhr to France should be prevented by all means. After a bomb attack on a railway bridge in Kalkum, Schlageter was arrested in April of the same year. After a literally short trial before a French military court, Schlageter's execution took place in May 1923 by firing squad of the occupying power.

Source: leo-bw.de/themen/landesgeschichte/die-revolution-1918/albert-leo-schlageter-eine-propagandafigur

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Thilo3000

October 24, 2022

The shrapnel in the tower, which came from the air raid, is clearly visible.

Some people must have scraped the splinters out of the stone. ?

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VINXCI

January 15, 2025

Great view from above. Good excursion destination for the whole family.

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Elevation 270 m

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Location: Porta Westfalica, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Observation tower at the Schlageter Memorial

1. Korff's Spring – Jakobsberg Observation Tower (Former Schlageter Memorial) loop from Ahmserort

2. Jakobsberg Observation Tower (Former Schlageter Memorial) – Korff's Spring loop from Porta Westfalica

3. Jakobsberg Observation Tower (Former Schlageter Memorial) – Hiking car park Am Levernsiek loop from Lerbeck

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