Calvary Mound and War Memorials Merksplas
At the municipal cemetery of Merksplas there is a calvary with a cross. Five memorial stones are placed around this: The political prisoners and one objector who died in Germany. The men of the 1st Polish Armored Division who liberated Merksplas. A memorial stone for Pieter Hoogerheyde who was shot by the occupier. For the soldiers of Merksplas during the First World War. For five members of a resistance militia from Schaerbeek. In front of the calvary is a semicircular court of honor with the graves of 91 veterans, soldiers and civilian victims of WWI and WWII. This Memorial commemorates a number of political prisoners from Merksplas who died in German camps. Translated text on the monument: [i]IN MEMORY OF THE POLITICAL PRISONERS AND A WORKREFUSER DECEASED IN GERMANY 1940 - 1945 LEYS EDUARD SCHOOFS AUGUSTINUS [url="https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/18327/Graven-Burgerslachtoffers-Merksplas.htm"]VAN BESAUW LEO VAN DEN ACKERVEKEN CORNEEL VANDERHALLEN FRANS VAN HEES JOZEF[/url] HENDRICKX KAREL R.I.P.[/i] Memorial commemorating the victims of the Campaign October 1944 - 1945. Translated text on the monument: [i]OBITUARY FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM CAMPAIGN OKTOBER1944-45 HERE DIED FIVE HEROES OF THE RESISTANCE OF THE PATRIOTIC MILITIA OF SCHAARBEEK[/i] [i]BUIJLE DOMINIQUE DE BECKER JACQUES HEIJLINGHEN JEAN VAN DEN BOSSCHE GUILLAUME VANDERPERREN CLEMENT THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER[/i] Two monuments in honor of the fallen soldiers during the liberation by the First Polish Armoured Division 0n 29 and 30 September 1944. This memorial stone commemorates the fallen of Merksplas during the First World War. Text memorial stone: Memento of our fallen 1914-1918 Seuntjens Petrus De Graef Lodewijk De Prins Gerard Van den Bergh Jules Van Es Gustaav Willemsen Karel Stockmans Jules Van den Heuvel Lodewijk Backx Jos De Decker Frans Jan Van Peteghem Theophiel Marchand Victor Wilmsen augustus Eyckens Albert Van den Langenbergh Maria Hoogerheijde Pieter Van Loon Frans Faes Petrus Van Gossum Karel Peeraer Frans Memorial stone for Pieter Hogerheyde who was executed by the Germans on August 27, 1917. Text stone: To Pieter Hoogerheyde Shot by the Germans on 27 August 1917
