Struikelstenen

A route Tilburg past few stumbling stone tiles and devotion.

"A person is only forgotten if his name is forgotten"

Walking is traveling through the city's history

The German artist Gunter Demnig (* 1947) began in 1994 with a listed

project by placing small stones on the sidewalk in front of the houses where people

lived which expelled by the Nazis, deported, murdered or suicide

driven, M. N. Jews. On these stones are their name, date of birth,

deportation date and place and date of death. Gunter Demnig calls his stones

Stolpersteine, or Stumbling Stones (Stolpern = tripping) because you tripped over with

your head and your heart, and because you have to bend to read the text. over

Europe have now placed some 61,000 Stolpersteine ​​1200 places. So everyone gets

victim own monument.

In Tilburg made between 2010 and 2017 twenty-eight stones. for twelve 2019

new stones planned. This walk (2018) allows you to stand still at 17 stumbling blocks.

In Tilburg during WWII located in various districts Maria Pictures

to implore protection against the dangers of war. In addition to the chapel

Mary Our Lady in Distress, mainly devotion tiles placed in Tilburg

ask protection from war or in gratitude for the loved

protection of Mary during the war. These stones are often an effigy of

Mary.

Ms. Hélène van Kempen inventory of devotion tiles in Tilburg. she walked

previously set in 65 walks all 685 Tilburg streets within the Ring Jobs. in 193

streets are found devotion tiles, totaling 463, of which we will see a number. She

So located throughout the city. They are usually made of terracotta, but also often beautifully glazed. We see 10 devotion tiles