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Rüsselsheim
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Hessen

Frankfurter straße / Ludwig-Dörfler-Allee

Gefallenendenkmal 1. Weltkrieg

Memorial for the Fallen First World War

Ludwig Spiegel
1930

Rüsselsheim / Gefallenendenkmal 1. Weltkrieg

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze statue of a man and a woman with a cogwheel and a soldiers helmet.
A large list of names and three reliefs on the socle:

Soldiers and tanks in a trench
Airplane attack on the Opel factory
Inflation in the 1930s (with the prices of food in 1930)

Inflation in the 1930s (with the prices of food in 1930)

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

1914 + 1918
gestiftet
von geheimen kommerzienrat
dr. ing. e. h. Wilhelm von Opel und
seinem Bruder Dr. Ing. e. h. Fritz

Signiert / Signature

l. spiegel 1930

Künstler*in / Artist

Ludwig Spiegel, German sculptor.

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Onlineprojekt Gefallenendenkmäler, Rüsselsheim (1. Weltkrieg), Kreis Groß-Gerau, Hessen.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 49°59'50" - E 8°25'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs008; Photograph: 7 September 2010
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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