Victims’ Memorial covered up

June 23, 2020 By Leave a Comment

The victims’ memorial in Oberursel (Opferdenkmal) has been covered up to protect it from damage in the coming months.

The memorial stands next to the Hospitalkirche which is due to have to its roof refurbished, work which will take around five months to complete.

The “Initiative Opferdenkmal” has arranged for part of the memorial to be removed during the work and the rest to be covered up. At the same time, they have produced a banner to hang on the building site fence, which allows passers-by to see a photo of it.

Dr. Christoph Müllerleile and Annette Andernacht from the Iniative Opferdenkmal with the new banner (Photo: Initiative Opferdenkmal)

Dr. Christoph Müllerleile and Annette Andernacht from the Initiative Opferdenkmal with the new banner (Photo: Initiative Opferdenkmal)

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The Ehrenmal – Restored at last

September 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment

For the past three years, I have been following the restoration work of the memorial to those from Oberursel who died in the First World War: The Ehrenmal. The war memorial, which stands next to the Christuskirche at the crossing of the Oberhöchstadter Straße and the Füllerstraße, was badly in need of restoration when the Hessentag took place in the town, but now, thanks to the donations of not only the town itself but many private families, once again is glittering in the evening sunset. With the mosaic pieces returned to the column and the column itself now stabilised, it was a solumn ceremony that took place on Wednesday, 23rd July, 2014 to commemorate the war dead and officialy re-dedicate the memorial.

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The Ehrenmal in Oberursel – almost finished

November 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Today, 17th November, 2013 is “Volkstrauertag” in Germany.  Remembrance day.  And this time last year I wrote about the progress being made on the war memorial in Oberursel for those who served and died in the First World War.  I had hoped to post a photo of the restored monument, the “Ehrenmal”.

But although work has progressed since last year, the project is still to be completed.

The Ehrenmal in November 2013

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