File:16 IX 1809 – Wesel, Schill Memorial, Overall view.jpg

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Monument to The Eleven Schill Officers, at Wesel

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English: Monument unveiled on March 31sʈ, 1835.

The monument is erected where, by order of the napoléonic régime, eleven Schill Officers were executed on Septembre 16tɦ, 1809, and buried. 

Hier ruhen in Gott
die Ueberreste von elf Preussischen edlen Männern
vom ehemalig Schillschen Corps

des Hrn. Leopold Jahn aus Massow in Pommern
des Hrn. Ferdinand Schmidt aus Berlin
des Hrn. Ferdinand Galle aus Berlin
des Hrn. Carl v. Wedell aus Braunfort in Pommern
des Hrn. Albert v. Wedell      –       –        –       –
des Hrn. Ad. v. Keller aus Strasburg in Ostpreussen
des Hrn. Constantin v. Gabain aus Geldern
des Hrn. Hans v. Flemming aus Rheinberg
des Hrn. Friedrich Felgentreu aus Berlin
des Hrn. C. v. Keffenbrink aus Krien in Pommern
des Hrn. Fried. v. Trachenberg aus Rathenow.

Friede ihrer Asche und ihren Seele ewiges Heil!
Amen.

(Source : Fiedler, Franz ː Zur Errinerung an Schill und seine Gefärhrten bei der Enthüllung des auf ihren Gräbern errichteten Denkmals am 31. März 1835, 1835, Beilage VIII, 104-105) [1]

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Author Alta Falisa
Camera location51° 38′ 59.64″ N, 6° 38′ 06.36″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Location ː Signposted Schilldenkmal along the road "An de Tent", Wesel, visible both ways, about 100 m before entering the sinuous Schillwiese road at (51.6514, 6.6294). Parking places provided on the spot.

Bibliography :

– May, Werner, Schill : eine Erzählung aus den Tagen deutscher Eindringung

– on-line, with 19th c. iconography : [3]

– on-line, with biographical data of the victims : [4]

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