When was the Reichswehr tree in Landshut built?
The monument was inaugurated on June 24, 1928, with the town’s notables and the troops of the Reichswehr stationed in Landshut. It represents a maimed German oak tree hurt by nicks and notches, but already showing young shoots- a symbol for the German Reich, which was mutilated by the Treaty of Versailles.
Where was the Landshuter Neustadt before the war?
Landshuter Neustadt before the war with the remarkable war memorial at the intersection of Steckengasse in the direction of the old town and the Barfüßergasse in the direction of the district Freyung.
Is there a war memorial in Landshut Germany?
The war memorial is dedicated to all 2,091 soldiers who came from Landshut or who had been stationed there before and during the First World War.
What was the coat of arms of Landshut?
The figure rising from the trunk below shows a young man holding a shield with the coat of arms of Landshut with a serious and sad look who addresses the young generation. The female figure, with a mournful expression, holds an urn in her left hand whilst her right is raised in a blessing gesture.
The war memorial is dedicated to all 2,091 soldiers who came from Landshut or who had been stationed there before and during the First World War.
Landshuter Neustadt before the war with the remarkable war memorial at the intersection of Steckengasse in the direction of the old town and the Barfüßergasse in the direction of the district Freyung.
The monument was inaugurated on June 24, 1928, with the town’s notables and the troops of the Reichswehr stationed in Landshut. It represents a maimed German oak tree hurt by nicks and notches, but already showing young shoots- a symbol for the German Reich, which was mutilated by the Treaty of Versailles.
When did Landshut become part of the German Empire?
Since the 18th century until the 1990s, the garrison town of Landshut has housed units of the Duke or Electorate, later the Kingdom of Bavaria, the German Empire, the Reichswehr, the Wehrmacht, and most recently the Bundeswehr. Accordingly, in 1914 Landshut attracted almost 2,800 soldiers into the First World War.
