Monuments in Frankfurt (Oder)

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Frankfurt (Oder) has many monuments because of its long history . In addition to building , area and ground monuments and monument areas , there are many monuments in the real sense . However, almost as many were lost .

Monuments in the strict sense

Monument to Heinrich von Kleist

Monument to Heinrich von Kleist.

A monument to Heinrich von Kleist is located in the park at the St. Gertraudkirche . The bronze work created by Gottlieb Elster (1867–1917) was inaugurated on June 25, 1910. The bronze figure was cast by the Berlin royal art foundry Martin and Piltzing . The base is made of light Silesian granite. The work shows a youth sitting on a pedestal with a lyre in his left hand. The right hand is supported on the base and his gaze is directed into the distance. In the front view, the base bears the inscription In memory of Heinrich von Kleist and above it a round medallion with a picture of Kleist's head. On the back there is a relief that depicts the final scene from the drama The Prince of Homburg . The Great Elector , the good Colonel Kottwitz and the Prince are highlighted . The inscription In dust with all enemies of Brandenburg forms the closing words of the work. The sides of the base are decorated with scenes from the Broken Jug and the Käthchen von Heilbronn . In 1991 the factory was restored for 2,500 DM.

Soviet memorial with honorary cemetery on the Anger

Soviet memorial with honorary cemetery on the Anger.

On November 7, 1947, a memorial for the fallen Soviet soldiers was inaugurated on the Anger. Made it had Theoror Peissig and set it up was of Wilhelm and Georg Furstenberg . The maintenance of the monument was neglected at the beginning of the 21st century and only repaired in 2007 in a three-week work.

A total of 380,000 euros has been estimated for a complete renovation, but it has not yet been secured. The Russian inscription read there means: Eternal memory of the soldiers of the Soviet Army who sacrificed their lives for the freedom and independence of the Soviet Union . Another inscription on the back says: Our deed is right - we have won . On the 30th anniversary of the end of the war in 1975, the facility was redesigned into an honorary grove based on designs by Manfred Vogler and Rainer Zeletzki and thus integrated into the Anger area. There are about 600 grave slabs on the area, each of which bears the names of fallen Soviet soldiers.

Disappeared monuments

See main article: List of abandoned monuments in Frankfurt (Oder)

Sedand monument

Sedand monument.

A memorial was erected on the small Wilhelmsplatz for those who died in the campaigns of 1864, 1866 and 1870/71. On April 23, 1878, a monument committee was founded , whose primary task was to raise the necessary funds. The business owner of the Kessel und Röhl company from Berlin agreed to provide the material for the work free of charge on the condition that he was commissioned to manufacture the monument. Due to unexpectedly high donations, von Niederstetter , royal building inspector, designed a better designed work than originally planned.

The north side of the sandstone plinth, which faced the city, received the inscription The sons of Frankfurt, who died for the fatherland ; The names of the fallen were recorded on the remaining three pages. On the base was a 1.10 meter diameter column made of polished red-brown Swedish granite. Halfway up it was surrounded by a bronze frieze with the decorations of the wars. At the top of the column stood a bronze eagle with wings outspread. Although it was not under orders from 1946, all inscriptions were removed from the memorial that year.

Prince Friedrich Karl

Monument to Prince Friedrich Karl. Postcard from 1899.

The monument to Friedrich Karl of Prussia was unveiled on August 16, 1888. The work was in front of the rectory of the Gertraudenkirche, Wilhelmsplatz 10 . Allegedly, Kaiser Wilhelm II personally asked for the installation in Frankfurt (Oder) because the prince was particularly fond of here and the largest and oldest garrison in the corps area was also located. In 1944, the bronze statue was removed from the base in order to be supplied to the metal needs of the war industry of the Second World War . The base from which the inscriptions had been removed stood in place until the 1950s. The work of the artist Max Unger was 5.5 meters high and surrounded by heavy, sagging chains. Nine granite pillars held the chains. The prince was depicted in the uniform of the von Ziethen hussar regiment, where Friedrich Karl von Prussia began his military career.

Area monuments

See main article: List of area monuments in Frankfurt (Oder)

Lennépark

see main article Lennépark Frankfurt (Oder)

Lennépark.

The Lennépark is a green space in Frankfurt (Oder) that was named after its landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné . It is an elongated park area of ​​8.9 hectares with a length of around 900 m and a width of around 95 m with an artificial waterfall, flowing water, fountain, ponds, bridges and works of art. The park, designed in the English style, is the second oldest public park in Germany (after Theresienstein).

Architectural monuments

See main article: List of architectural monuments in Frankfurt (Oder)

Clock or seasons fountain

Clocks or fountains of the seasons.

The clock and seasons fountain in Frankfurt (Oder) was inaugurated on September 6, 1936 on Leipziger Platz. It was built by Georg Fürstenberg (* 1884 in Frankfurt (Oder), † 1974 Goslar ), who began working in 1935. The client was the Beresinchen district association, which financed the construction from donations from the citizens. The pillar with a square base shows a sower to the north, symbolizing spring, to the south a reaper, for the summer, to the west a winemaker for the autumn and to the north a lumberjack for the winter. Around the fountain you can read: "Use the time - because it escapes - like trickling water - into the sea of ​​eternity". In 1997 the fountain was restored.

Soil monuments

see main article list of ground monuments in Frankfurt (Oder)

House with archway in the Paulinenhof

Monument areas protected by statutes

  • Gubener suburb
  • Half a city
  • Lessingstrasse in Frankfurt (Oder)
  • Paulinenhofsiedlung (historical garden settlement) in Frankfurt (Oder)
  • District on the Green Way

References

literature

  • Ralf-Rüdiger Targiel : On the fate of Frankfurt monuments after 1945 in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002 issue 2, pp. 35-40
  • Bernhard Klemm: Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, pp. 8-21
  • List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg for the city of Frankfurt (Oder) (status: December 31, 2007).

Web links

Commons : Memorials in Frankfurt (Oder)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Barthel, the dream of the national monument , Frankfurter Buntbücher 1, 1991, pp. 11-14
  2. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 14
  3. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 19
  4. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung, Saturday, May 5, 2007
  5. ↑ Вечная память воинам советскои армии отдавшим жизнь за свободу и независимость СССР Photo of the inscription
  6. ↑ Наше дело правое мы победили : photo of the inscription
  7. ^ Architecture Guide GDR, District Frankfurt (Oder), page 57, ISBN 3-345-00146-2
  8. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung, Saturday, May 5, 2007
  9. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 11
  10. ^ Ralf Rüdiger Targiel, On the fate of Frankfurt monuments after 1945 in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002 issue 2, p. 38
  11. ^ Ralf Rüdiger Targiel, On the fate of Frankfurt monuments after 1945 in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002 issue 2, p. 38
  12. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, pp. 11-12
  13. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung from November 24, 2010, Frankfurter Stadtbote
  14. ^ Official Journal for the City of Frankfurt (Oder), Vol. 15, No. 10 of October 20, 2004
  15. ↑ Official Journal for the City of Frankfurt (Oder), Volume 16, No. 9 of September 21, 2005
  16. ^ Official Journal for the City of Frankfurt (Oder), Vol. 15, No. 8 of September 8, 2004
  17. ^ Official Journal for the City of Frankfurt (Oder), Vol. 15, No. 8 of September 8, 2004
  18. ^ Official Journal for the City of Frankfurt (Oder), Vol. 15, No. 10 of October 20, 2004