Liberation route through municipality of Heeze-Leende
1. War memorial in the town hall garden
The entire route!
War memorial in the town hall garden
In the years after the war, municipalities began to pay attention to war memorials. However, these monuments required approval from the ministry. Plans for a large monument in Heeze were rejected. Eventually, a monument in the form of a plaque with names against the facade of the new town hall built in 1954 was erected at the front of the building. A very simple monument where people held the annual commemoration of the dead.
As a result of the extension of the town hall after the redivision, the monument needed a different location. A site in the garden of the town hall was chosen. The old plaque was later replaced by a new one.
Old town hall
Until Sept 1943, the Jan Dekkerstraat 6 building was Heeze's town hall.