Ehrenmal Marienfeld, War memorial at former monastery entrance in Marienfeld, Germany.
Ehrenmal Marienfeld is a war memorial housed in a former monastery well house of Baumberger sandstone, moved here in the early 1950s. The circular pavilion, about 2.5 metres across, has four pillars, a slate-covered bell-shaped roof topped by a globe and Latin cross, and a 1.6-metre statue of Saint George slaying a dragon on a pedestal inscribed UNVERGESSEN with the dates 1914–18 and 1939–45.
The memorial was built between 1952 and 1955 by repurposing an 18th-century monastery well house for this new purpose. This conversion linked the site's religious past with remembrance of those lost in the wars.
The memorial is the focus of two annual observances: a wreath-laying on Volkstrauertag, Germany's national day of mourning, and another during the Heimat- und Schützenfest, the local home and marksmen's festival. The Heimatverein Marienfeld, the heritage association that initiated the memorial, organizes both ceremonies. The surrounding triangular grove is known locally as Kirmeswäldchen, or fairground grove.
The memorial stands on a triangular plaza called Kirmeswäldchen, surrounded by beech trees and bordered by low iron chains. It is located south of Klosterstrasse and is easy to reach on foot.
Local residents protested against the original statue in 1954, leading to its replacement with a new Saint George figure created by sculptor Hubert Hartmann. This change shows how community voices shaped the final appearance of the memorial.
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