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Bennwihr
Haut-Rhin
Alsace

Place de la Mairie

Monument de la Fidélité

Monument of Loyalty

Charles Geiss
1924/1958

Description

Sandstone statue of two young women in traditional dress of Alsace and Lorraine holding a wreath of mourning.

The statue is flanked by tablets with the victims of the first and second world wars. It is depicted on the Saint Odile Fountain.

Inscription(s)

ce monument dit de la fidelite
symbole de l'attachement
de l'alsace et de la lorraine
a la france
a ete erige en 1925
transporte a cet emplacement
lors la reconstruction
de bennwihr
il a ete laisse volontairement
dans l'etat ou il s'est trouve
apres les combats de la
liberation de decembre 1944
qui ont detruit completement
la commune

Annotation

Originally, the statue was a war memorial for the first world war. It escaped the destruction of the village in 1944 en was replaced, without restoriation, in 1958.

Memorial - list of names

We have photos of the list(s) of the names on this memorial. Contact us if you want to see these lists. (contact form)

Sculptor

Charles Geiss, French sculptor of Colmar, active in 1910-1930 (WikiGenweb).

Sources & Information

Ministere de culture, Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel.

Locatie (N 48°8'41" - E 7°19'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fral055; Photograph: 15 April 2012
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