Obelisk Mahnmal

Obelisk Mahnmal is a memorial in Erkrath, Mettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia. Obelisk Mahnmal is situated nearby to the railway stop Erkrath Nord station, as well as near Reitstall Hanten.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Erkrath Nord station and Sankt Johannes der Täufer (Erkrath).

Erkrath Nord station

Railway stop

Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Erkrath Nord station is a Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn station in the town of Erkrath in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened between 1905/14 on the last section of the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway from Mettmann station to the Rhenish Railway Company's Düsseldorf station, opened on 15 September 1879.

Sankt Johannes der Täufer (Erkrath)

Church

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Sankt Johannes der Täufer (Erkrath) is a church, which is situated 1 km south of Obelisk Mahnmal.

Evangelische Kirche Erkrath

Church

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Evangelische Kirche Erkrath is a church, which is situated 1 km south of Obelisk Mahnmal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Erkrath and Düsseldorf-Gerresheim.

Erkrath

Town

Photo: Darkstar1970, CC BY 3.0.

Erkrath is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Düsseldorf-Gerresheim

Suburb

Gerresheim is one of the City of Düsseldorf, Germany's fifty quarters. Part of Borough 7, it is located in the eastern part of the municipality. Gerresheim is much older than Düsseldorf itself, having been an independent city with a rich history for over 1,000 years. Düsseldorf-Gerresheim is situated 3½ km west of Obelisk Mahnmal.

Meistersiedlung

Neighborhood

Photo: Marek Gehrmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Meistersiedlung is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km west of Obelisk Mahnmal.

Obelisk Mahnmal

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “AN DIESER STELLE STARBEN IM MAI 1945 SIEBEN ERKRATHER JUNGEN IM ALTER VON 7 Bis 14 JAHREN DURCH DIE EXPLOSION HIER GELAGERTER KRIEGSMUNITION. DER OBELISK WURDE ERRICHTET VON DEN ERCRODER JONGES, ALS MAHNMAL GEGEN DIE SCHRECKEN DES KRIEGES UND ZUR ...”
Category: historic site
Location: Erkrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.22999° or 51° 13′ 48″ north

Longitude

6.91118° or 6° 54′ 40″ east

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9F386WH6+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 797970574

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Reitstall Hanten and Wasserburg Haus Brück.

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