Monument of Tannenberg
The monument of Tannenberg was set up of 1924 to 1927 close to Hohenstein in Eastern Polish Olsztynek Prussia (; today in Poland). He pointed out the victory of Tannenberg over the Russian invaders (1914).
The plan of what was the largest German monument of war was due to the Berliner architects Walter Krüger (1888-1971) and Johannes Krüger (1890-1975). Architecture was to point out Stonehenge, which dates from the Neolithic era, and Manor house del Monte, of octagonal form, which dates from the Middle Ages. Between the eight external sides drew up a 20 height m tower out of red stones. One had used granite of color for the 14 stones carrying the blazons of the towns of Eastern Prussia which had suffered during the First World War. Between the monument and the locality of Hohenstein one had planted a park of 7,5 ha.
Inside the monument itself, one had envisaged a crypt where twenty unknown soldiers were buried initially, before being moved in side crypts when on August 7th, 1934 the president of Reich, Hindenburg, was there in his buried turn.
In October 1935, on the order of Hitler the monument was renamed in national Monument dedicated to died of the War. In January 1945, one made it jump partially on the order of Hitler during the retirement of the German troops, to prevent it from being profaned by the Red Army. The coffin of Hindenburg and that of his wife were extracted from the crypt and were transferred to Marburg on Lahn in the Elisabeth-Kirche. The destruction of the monument was completed in years 1952/53 by the services of the Polish genius.
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