Bismarck Column (Hanover)
Postcard number 558 by Ernst Walther, from the collection of Rainer Hoffschildt
picture postcard no. 127 , North German Paper Industry , around 1905
The Bismarck Column in Hanover was initially a tower for the purpose of first patriotic - national , later also National Socialist major events : The column on the area of the later excavated Maschsee near the Schnellen Graben was the scene of the book burning in Hanover during the Third Reich .
history
After the death of Reich Chancellor Otto von Bismarck , a patriotic campaign was launched across Germany, mainly supported by students , as a result of which a special memorial in honor of the late Reich Chancellor was initiated in Hanover . So decided a meeting of the council of the city and from the civil ruler - College against the votes of the Social Democrats and the Guelph party on 27 August 1899, the erection of a monument.
The winner of the architectural competition in 1901 was Alfred Sasse from Hanover . According to his plans, a 20 meter high tower was built between 1903 and 1904 within the Aegidienmasch at Geibelstrasse , on the top of which a fire bowl surrounded by four dragon heads was erected. The accessible column could be climbed up to a viewing platform at a height of 16 meters. The building was donated by the Hanover student body.
After the construction, numerous national-patriotic events were held at the column, in particular several times on October 18, the anniversary of the victory over the occupying forces of the French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig .
Shortly after the seizure of power by the National Socialists became the Bismarck column on 10 May 1933 the scene of the supported especially by students burning of books in Hanover .
The last major event at the Bismarck column took place on September 24, 1933 with the deployment of the Stahlhelm-Bund der Frontsoldaten . The reason was his affiliation with the SA .
After previously more perpetual than a quarter century of discussions about the construction of the Maschsee and the decision of the civil ruler - the College in October 1932 the lake with the help of job creation measures to be applied, the city head of planning were led Karl Elkart started construction work on the Maschsee in March 1934, and this the Bismarck column standing in the excavation area was completely demolished in the summer of 1935.
See also
literature
- Waldemar R. Röhrbein (Ed.): The Maschsee in Hanover. Its origins and history , with contributions by Ernst August von der Haar u. a., Schlütersche , Hannover 1986, ISBN 3-87706-046-3 , pp. 17-20
- Günter Kloss, Sieglinde Seele: Bismarck Towers and Bismarck Columns. An inventory , Petersberg: Imhof, 1997, ISBN 3-932526-10-4
- Hugo Thielen : Bismarck column. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 68; also reprinted series / excerpts from the "Stadtlexikon Hannover" , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of September 30, 2009
- Rainer Hoffschildt : The book burning on May 10, 1933. In: Olivia. The hitherto secret history of the taboo homosexuality and the persecution of homosexuals in Hanover . Association for research into the history of homosexuals in Lower Saxony, Hanover 1992, self-published, ISBN 3-9802909-0-5
- Anke Dietzler: Book burning in Hanover on May 10, 1933. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series, Volume 37 (1983), pp. 100–121
- Carola Schelle : The book burning in Hanover. In: Stichtag der Barbarei , ed. by Niels Schiffbauer and Carola Schelle, Hanover 1983, pp. 55-63
- Klaus Mlynek : Book Burning. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 92.
Web links
- Jörg Bielefeld: Bismarck Tower Hanover at bismarcktuerme.de
- Corinna Luedtke : Hanover in words , a project in cooperation with the state capital Hanover and the Hanover region
- Felix Schürmann: Bismarck Column , in: Traces of Colonialism in Hanover , a website for the project of the same name at the Department of History at the University of Hanover
- Andreas-Andrew Bornemann: Hannoversche Brunnen | Monuments and sculptures / Bismarck column (Bismarck monument) , with various postcards and photos
- Colored postcard Bismarck column of the Hanover student body by G. Latwesen in the prometheus picture archive, Pictura Paedagogica Online , library for educational history research of the German Institute for International Educational Research , Berlin
- Book Burning Memorial
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Hugo Thielen: Bismarck column (see literature)
- ↑ Compare the documentation at Commons (see under the section Weblinks )
- ↑ Sketch of the situation in: Der Maschsee , PDF document (5.96 MB) of the Department of Education and Upbringing
- ^ Klaus Mlynek: Book Burning. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 92
- ^ Rainer Hoffschildt : The book burning on May 10, 1933. In: Olivia. The hitherto secret history of the taboo homosexuality and the persecution of homosexuals in Hanover . Association for research into the history of homosexuals in Lower Saxony, Hanover 1992, self-published, ISBN 3-9802909-0-5 , pp. 87ff.
- ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Maschsee. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 430ff.
Coordinates: 52 ° 21 '24.6 " N , 9 ° 44' 22.3" E