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Jäger-Denkmal

Riflemen Memorial

Kurt Schmelz
1923

Description

Sandstone column with at the top at the front a relief of a dying stag and at the back an oak-tree.

The monument is rather controversial and in the last years subject of a lot of discussions.

Inscription(s)

den tapferen
MARBURGER
JÄGERN
1914
1918

gefallen i. kurhess.
jäger batl. 11, res. jäg.
batl. 11, res. jäg. batl. 24,
1 u 2 radfahr. komp. jäg.
batl. 11, res. radfahrer
komp. 76 - 4012 - offiz.
oberjäger, jäger und
unzähl. bei and'ren truppen

Sculptor

Kurt Schmelz (1891 - 1956), German sculptor.

Sources & Information

Tim Hölger & Kevin Rick, Das Kriegerdenkmal des 11. Kurhessischen Jägerbataillons im Marburger Schülerpark. Zeitschrift für hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde 119 (2014) (PDF on-line).
Bestand an Marburger Denkmälern zur Kriegen, Militarismus, Nationalsozialismus (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 50°48'46" - E 8°46'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs287; Photograph: 8 October 2018
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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