War memorial Worms, War memorial in Worms, Germany.
The 118er Denkmal is a memorial on the Adenauerring in northern Worms, near the Romanesque church of St. Martin. It consists of five soldier statues: from left, a proudly forward-looking soldier, a pensive reservist, a war volunteer, a Landwehr man and a Landsturm man. Sculptor Paul Birr modelled the group on the five-figure war memorial of Verdun.
The memorial was erected in 1932 on the newly laid Adenauerring, near St. Martin's church, and unveiled on 21 August 1932 by Major General Richard Münter, the regiment's former wartime commander. It was funded by the association of former 118ers and donated to the city at the ceremony, which former Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig attended.
The memorial is called the 118er Denkmal, named after an infantry regiment from Worms. Visitors can observe how the city honors and remembers this military lineage through the monument.
The memorial stands on the Adenauerring in the north of Worms' old town, a short walk from the Romanesque church of St. Martin. It is an open-air monument with no visitor facilities, so it is seen from the street; allow a few minutes for the five statues and the base.
The five soldier statues stand for the regiment's five wartime field formations, from the proudly forward-looking soldier on the left to the Landsturm man on the right. Sculptor Paul Birr borrowed the arrangement from Verdun's war memorial, which uses five figures for the different branches of service.
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