Bismarck National Monument (Aabenraa)
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The Bismarck National Monument on the Knivsberg in Aabenraa (German: Apenrade), with a height of 45 m, was one of the largest monuments in the German Empire . In a niche was a seven meter high Bismarck statue .
history
The initiator was in particular Michael Jebsen (1835–1899), the first chairman of the board of the Knivsberggesellschaft . The foundation stone was laid on August 4, 1895. The building was designed by the architect Friedrich Möller (1864–1904). The inauguration of the tower took place on August 4, 1901.
The tower, made of granite stones, was accessible as a lookout tower. The statue was in a niche until 1919. Below the statue was the German imperial eagle and the coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein with the inscription "Up ewig ungedeelt", above the inscription "We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world" and the year "1864" of the victorious German-Danish War .
The statue modeled by Adolf Brütt was dismantled on May 13, 1919, and in 1920 Abenraa returned to Denmark due to the referendum in Schleswig . The statue has been located a good 100 km further south on the Aschberg south of Ascheffel since 1930 .
Before they had to surrender their weapons after the end of the German occupation of Denmark , former resistance fighters blew up the tower on August 28, 1945.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 8 ′ 5.6 ″ N , 9 ° 26 ′ 30.7 ″ E