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Wittringen Memorial Ensemble

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Wittringen Memorial Ensemble

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Wittringen Memorial Ensemble

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Location: Gladbeck, Bottrop, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Boye Pedestrian Bridge – Wittringen Memorial Ensemble loop from Essen Zollverein Nord

37.3km

02:16

140m

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2. View of Heidesee – Wittringen Memorial Ensemble loop from Oberhausen-Holten

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3. Hugo-Bahn Signalman's House – Wittringen Memorial Ensemble loop from Oberhausen-Holten

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220m

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arek72g

July 4, 2022

As early as 1895, the Gladbeck Landwehr and Warrior Association was busy building a monument for the fallen soldiers of the wars of liberation against Napoleon (1813-1815) and the Franco-Prussian War of 1879/1871. However, the draft was not pursued further and the funds collected were not sufficient to implement it. After the First World War - in the wake of the monuments being built everywhere - a special purpose association was founded in 1926 to build a memorial and a committee was convened in 1929. The city planning officer Richard Korn designed the round courtyard in 1930, and construction began in 1933. The city used unemployed welfare recipients to save costs. Inside, the monument made of Ruhr sandstone originally bore the motto frieze:
"1914-1918 To honor the dead of war, to call for generations of victory."
The second line was eliminated after the Second World War and replaced with the years 1939-1945.

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Rainer on Tour - casterℹx

May 12, 2022

The memorial stands in the middle of the Wittringer Forest. On May 8, 1987, a stele was added to the memorial, excerpts of the speech by Federal President von Weizsäcker of May 8, 1985 were immortalized on it.

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Petra & Jürgen

September 27, 2020

Natural stone monument inaugurated in 1934, today a memorial ensemble for the victims of war and violence

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Location: Gladbeck, Bottrop, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Wittringen Memorial Ensemble

1. Boye Pedestrian Bridge – Wittringen Memorial Ensemble loop from Essen Zollverein Nord

2. View of Heidesee – Wittringen Memorial Ensemble loop from Oberhausen-Holten

3. Hugo-Bahn Signalman's House – Wittringen Memorial Ensemble loop from Oberhausen-Holten

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