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Memorials for k.u.k. (Austrian) Soldaten u. Kriegsmarine, 1864 and 1866 (Altona)


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In the fomer City of Altona, now a part of Hamburg, is a memorial on the waterfront of the River Elbe commemorating the Austrian naval personnel of the k.und k. Kriegsmarine, who perished in the naval battle against the Danes off the Island of Helgoland in the War of 1864. The Austrian commander was Wilhelm von Tegetthoff. The memorial was errected using funds donated by the citizens of Hamburg. The memorial shows the Imperial Austrian crest with a dedication. Photo taken in Summer 2008.

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Memorial to Austrian soldiers and seamen, who died in the war hospitals in Altona, 1866. On the wall of St. Joseph's Church in Altona.

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St. Joseph in Altona (now Hamburg) - the oldest and most historical - Baroque - catholic church in Northern Germany, built 1718-1723 on order of the Kaiserlicher Gesandte des Heiligen Römischen Reiches in Hamburg, Graf Christoph Ernst Fuchs von Bimbach

Hamburgs einziges Beinhaus in der Krypta unter der Kirche St. Joseph, in dem die Gebeine von rund 350 Menschen zu sehen sind, soll am 2.November gesegnet werden.

The Ossuarium in the Krypta has been reopened for visitors in the past few years. The church was completely restored in the later post-war years.

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