Monument General Hoche

Deutsch: Beschreibung

Das Monument General Hoche in Weißenthurm am Rhein ist eine Grab- und Denkmalanlage für den französischen General Louis Lazare Hoche. Er starb am 19. Sept. 1797 in Wetzlar (Hessen), als kommandierender General einer Armee des französischen Revolutionsheeres. Das Monument und das umgebende Gelände sind seit 1797 Eigentum der Französischen Republik.

English: Description

The Monument General Hoche at Weißenthurm on Rhine marks the tomb of French General Louis Lazare Hoche. He died at Wetzlar (Hesse) on 19th September 1797, while serving as a commanding general for an army during the French Revolution. The monument and surrounding ground have been property of the French government since 1797.

Total views

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  View from South-West. The iron fence from the late 1920 years.
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  View from West. The whole of ground has more than 4.000 square meters.
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  View from East. Entrance to the burial chamber through a surrounding wall. Built in the late 1920 years.
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  View from South.

Details

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  Main entrance. Installed in the late 1920th years. Both RF signs for Républic Francaise.
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  Bronze plate next to entrance. Installed 1984. Words telling Hoche's most important life dates.
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  One of the four copper plate reliefs, made in the late 1920th. Original marble done by Louis Boizot 1800. This one on the westside shows Hoche's attack 1793 at Wissembourg (Alsatia) against the imperial-austrian lines.
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  East side of monument: Repulse and destruction the royalistic invasion at Quiberon peninsula 1795.
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  North side of monument: Pacification the Vendée 1796.
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  South side of monument: Crossing the Rhine and battle at Neuwied 1797.
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  Former monument guard house, used until 1994.
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  Stone plate of Hoche's grave from 1797 until 1919 at Koblenz (Rhine). Since than, now on the monument ground. Inscription just only Géneral Hoche
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  Hoche's Gravestone pictured late 1970ties. The french plate and iron palm of peace are lost since the 1980ties
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  Plate installed 1928 by the french Army, when Monument and surrounding park were restored and completed..