Kriegerdenkmal des Turner-Club Gelsenkirchen 1874 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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N 51° 30.778 E 007° 05.966
32U E 368119 N 5708583
This monument honors the war victims of Turner Club Gelsenkirchen 1874
Waymark Code: WMN39T
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 12/18/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
Views: 4

It is an impressive memorial beside Grillo Gymnasium, which is another monument in our town.
Here they are honoring the war victims of Turner Club 1874 of the two
World Wars.
It was built in 1924 and became a monument on 7/3/1986.

Carved in stone you can read:

"Zum Gedächtnis unserer im
Weltkiriege 1914-1918 gefallenen
7 Turnbrüder
TREUE UM TREUE
Gelsenkirchen am 50.Jahres-
tag der Vereinsgründung
27. Juli 1924
Turner-Club 1874 e.V.
Deutsche Turnerschaft"

On the left part you can read:

"Zum Gedenken
der 54 Gefallenen
Turnbrüder
1939-1945"
Adresse/Adress:
Hauptstraße 60
Gelsenkirchen, Germany


Baujahr/Year of construction: 1924

Denkmalnummer/monument number: 28

Bestätigung/confirmation:

Ja/Yes


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