Monument Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No.46

Beneath the monument is a collective grave with 10 German officers, 2 German non-commissioned officers, and 12 soldiers; no information about this is available on the monument itself.
Inscriptions on the monument: Only two identical plaques remain on the two opposite sides of the monument: "1870/71 BATTLE OF THE LOWER SILESIAN PIONEERS NO. 5." Originally, on the side facing Frœschwiller, there was a plaque that has now disappeared: "Paris. To the officers and soldiers of the 1st Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 46, who fell during the 1870-71 war against France, erected by the officer corps of the regiment and by the families of the deceased." Originally, on the side facing Woerth, there was a second plaque that has now disappeared: "Woerth. Died as heroes at Woerth on 6 August 1870: Colonel Von Tosch (died of his wounds), Captains Von Loßberg, Von Klas (died of his wounds), First Lieutenants Von Kreckwitz, Von Sattig, Second Lieutenants v. Burghoff, v. Podewils, Von Bormsdorf (died of his wounds), Wedelstädt, Von Bormsdorf II, Schwerdtfeger, Giersch, Jaffe, First Lieutenant a. D. Von Monsterberg as volunteer, aspirant armorial bearer Heise, NCOs Von Pannewitz and Gerber, 288 NCOs and soldiers. On the column above the plaques there are 4 coats of arms: SEDAN, PARIS, WOERTH, 46. Information about the work: A bronze eagle crowned the column. This later disappeared, but has been replaced by an identical copy.

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Source

• Text: Le-Souvenir-Francais
• Photos: Frank Jongeling
• http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/2019/woerth_ir-nr46_dpt-bas-rhin_fr.html
• https://le-souvenir-francais.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Recueil-Bas-Rhin-1870.pdf