WWI Memorial - Heimsheim, Germany
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WWI memorial in Heimsheim
Waymark Code: WMWRFA
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 10/07/2017
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In the town cemetery, stands the WWI and WWII memorial to the fallen soldiers. There are a few soldiers' grave from both wars as well. The stone markers contain the names of those from WWI. It was erected in 1923.
The poem reads at the top of the three stones...
"Fern, fern im Osten da gähnt ein Grab
da senkt man zu tausend die Toten hinab.
Im Westen da ragt manch Kreuz schlicht und klein
da liegen sie stumm in langen Reihn.
Und wo im Winde rauschet das Meer
da gaben sie freudig ihr Leben her.
Sie opferten Zukunft und Jugendglück.
Sie kehren nie wieder zur Heimat zurück.
Sie gaben ihr alles, ihr Leben und Blut.
Sie gaben es hin mit heiligem Mut.
Und wir? Wir können nur weinen und beten
für sie, die da liegen, bleich, blutig, zertreten."
"Far, far in East there yawns a grave
there man lowers the dead by the thousands.
In West stand many crosses simple and small
there lays the silence in long rows.
And where in wind rustles the ocean
they gave their live joyfully.
They sacrificed future and joy of youth.
They return never back home.
They gave their all, their life and blood.
They gave it with holy courage.
And us? We can only cry and pray
for them, those there lay, pale, bloody, downtrodden.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1923
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Gemeinde Heimsheim
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Physical Address of Monument:
Fronmühlenweg
Heimsheim, BW Germany
71296
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