Combined World War I & II Memorial - Hradové Strímelice, Czech Republic - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The sandstone monument located in a center of a small village Hradove Strímelice near Stríbrná Skalice (Central Bohemia) was erected here during 1920s. It was commissioned and paid by local citizens to paid tribute their 8 fellow-citizens killed during WW I. Central statuary depicts a woman kneeling at sandstone column with eternal flame and holding a wreath. After WW II another 4 names was engraved on the monument, the citizens who were killed during Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and World War II (1938-1945).

Following inscription can be found on the monument:

" PADLÝM HRDINUM (To killed Heroes)

1914 – 1918

VÁCL. HERMAN 24 R., JOS. EHRENBERGER 31 R., VÁCL. HORÁK 19 R., JOS. HORÁK 32 R., VÁCL. FILÍPEK 32 R., FRANT. SADÍLEK 37 R., VÁCL. SKÁLA 23 R., JOS. ZÍMA 41 R.

1939 – 1945
F. ŠTECH, V. VAJGELT, F. HORÁK, A. NEKVASILOVÁ"

Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: citizens of the village Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Hradové Střímelice Stříbrná Skalice, Czech Republlic 281 67 Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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