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: WMN3A0
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 12/18/2014
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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"
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1924
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Turner-Club Gelsenkirchen 1874
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
Hauptstraße 60
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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