War Memorial Schweighof

Monument near the town hall.(number 50)
"Memory of
our faithful sons
who died in the world wars.

The grateful community
Schweighof
1931"

A metal plaque with a coat of arms hangs on a natural stone wall in the middle.
A relief shows a village in the Black Forest. An angel with a peace branch crowns a soldier with a laurel wreath. He is holding a helmet and a gun.
Left and right are the 16 names of those who died from 1914-1918, alphabetically with date of death.

In addition, on the left and right, there are stone memorial plaques with the 18 names of the fallen and the 10 names of the missing from the 1939-1945 war, each stating the year of birth and death.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck