THE ANGEL IN THE FRYDLAND OUTLET

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Memorial stone of Emperor FJ I from 1908

 

 

Andělka (Engelsdorf) is a village belonging to the Višňová municipality in the Liberec district. It is located about 4 km northwest of Višňová. It lies less than a kilometer from the Polish border.

I found a photo of the memorial stone of Emperor FJI in Andělka on the website www.frydlantsko.com, which is run by               Mr. Ing. Rostislav Jelínek. He was kind enough to give me permission to use unique postcards for his website. The detail of the commemorative stone is from a cut-out from the postcard Gruss aus Engelsdorf i B.

Further information about this monument was provided by Mr. G. Krause from Frýdlant in Bohemia, who very willingly sent me a translation of a paragraph from the newspaper Friedländer Heimatbrief:

"On August 30, 1908 or December 2, 1908, the memorial stone was dedicated and unveiled by the owner of the Zum Lohnberg inn, Wilhelm Kretschmer from no. 88. Nothing is known about the further fate of the memorial stone"

In the search for a memorial stone in Andělka, a major breakthrough occurred in July 2015. As part of the Černousy event described in the piece about Černousy, I was contacted by Mr. and Mrs. Morozov from Andělka. Coincidentally, in July 2015 I was planning a trip along the Frýdlant ridge, so I arranged to visit the Morozovs in Andělka. Even before that, I sent them a photo of the memorial stone. The enlarged photo of the memorial stone shows a part of the house with two chimneys. According to these two chimneys, Ms. Morozov clearly identified the place where the memorial stone stood. Only the house behind the bus stop in Andělka, which is right next to the house of the Morozovs, has two chimneys.

So I dare to say in layman's terms that the memorial stone of Emperor FJI stood in Andělka exactly at the place of today's bus stop. The stout beech tree behind the stop certainly remembers him.

 

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