Location in relation to the surroundings

The monument stood on a square in the street, near the square in the direct vicinity of the cathedral.  

Text of the inscription

To the heroes who died for the Polishness of Masuria and Warmia. Grateful Compatriots 1966.

General description

The monument measured about 4 m. Its main part was a four-walled spire, on which boards with inscriptions were mounted. At its base there was a small fountain supported by four columns.

Condition

Destroyed

The circumstances of unveiling

After Poland regained its independence in 1918. Warmia and Mazury were the subject of territorial disputes between Poland and Germany. Eventually, most of this area was annexed to Germany as a result of a plebiscite. After World War II, however, it fell to Poland. The idea of erecting a monument to people who had contributed to the struggle for the Polish identity of Masuria and Warmia, appeared just after Olsztyn was incorporated into Poland. The monument commemorated earlier German economic activist Herman Schultze-Delitzsch. In 1946 the German inscriptions and the image of the German were removed. In their place, plaques commemorating the murdered Polish activists were installed.

Later history

The monument was supposed to remind of Polish activists from this area, which served to emphasize the earlier existence of the Polish element on lands taken away from the Germans.  In 1966 the obelisk was removed as a special plaque dedicated to the fighters was placed on the wall of Olsztyn Castle.

Contemporary importance

 the monument does not exist

Publications, sources, links

http://leksykonkultury.ceik.eu/index.php/Pomnik_Hermana_Schultze-Delitzscha_w_Olsztynie

http://wmbc.olsztyn.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=432

https://polska-org.pl/7407359,Olsztyn,Pomnik_bojownikow_o_Wolnosc_Warmii_i_Mazur_dawny.html