Monument of the Moravian Cuirassiers / Památník moravských kyrysníku, Branka, Czech Republic
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13 meters high dominant monument from 1901 in the center of the battlefield of Náchod dedicated to Moravian Cavalry / 13 metru vysoký pomník venovaný moravským kyrysníkum v centru Náchodského bojište.
Waymark Code: WMA30A
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/08/2010
Published By:
wmh
Views: 102
EN
The Battle of Nachod (27 June 1866) was the first major action of the Austro-Prussian War.
The Prussian Second Army, invading Bohemia, had to split up in order to negotiate the passes of the Riesen Mountains. General Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz's 5th Corps was nearly caught as it emerged from a gully by the village of Nachod, Bohemia. The King’s Grenadiers were in the advance guard, and raced forward, first to occupy some woods outside the gully’s opening, and then to take possession of the heights above Wenzelsberg. The Austrian Colonel Hertwegh was supposed to occupy the next village of Wysokow so as to block the road, but instead, when he got to Wenzelsberg he wheeled right to attack the Prussians on the ridge above; the King’s Grenadiers simply mowed his men down. It was now that the superiority of Prussian equipment made itself felt. Their new breech-loading needle guns enabled them to fire three shots to the Austrians’ muzzle-loaded one. The Prussian cavalry now rode forward along the road to stop the Austrians reaching Wysokow, and here a cavalry battle developed. Just at the place where is the monument both cavalriesc crashed and fierce cavalry battle started. Austrian cavalry has 660 riders and against them were more then 1350 Prussians. The battle lasted just 35 minutes. The crash claimed the 319 human victims.
In 1901 was dedicated in the center of former battlefield 13 meters high obelisk monument.
CZ
Pomník stojí v míste zvaném Branka u silnicky mezi Vysokovem a Václavicemi, na míste, na kterém byla 27. cervna 1866 svedena krvavá jezdecká bitva mezi rakouskou jízdní brigádou generála Solmse a pruskou jízdní brigádou generála Wnucka. Rakouskou strana predstavovala 660 mužu (prevážne Moravanu) z kyrysnických pluku c. 4 a 6. Na pruské strane bojovalo 1350 jezdcu ze 4. a 8. dragounského pluku a 1. hulánského pluku. Srážka trvala pouze 35 minut a vyžádala si na rakouské strane 150 mrtvých a 200 koní, na pruské strane 169 padlých a 119 koní.
Arcivévoda František Salvator nechal vytvorit tuto dominantní památku náchodského bojište. Dílo brnenského sochare Tomoly bylo slavnostne odhaleno 27.6.1901. Ve výklenku celní steny leží bílý mramorový lev, nad ním je plastika složená z kyrysnických odznaku. Pomník stojí ve skupine stromu pri ceste z Branky do Vysokova, v místech srážky rakouské a pruské jízdy.
Size / Velikost: grand
Access restrictions ? / Omezeny pristup ?: no
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Visit Instructions:
EN:
To log yout visit, you need to make photo you and memorial (photo with GPS is optional)
CZ:
K uznani navstevy je potreba se vyfotit s pamatnikem (foto s GPS je vhodne, ale neni nutne)