Epiphany Monument

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Three Kings Monument in Frauenstein (1918)
View from the church tower to the monument and to the castle (1918)
Location of the monument today with the organ fountain and church behind it

The Dreikönigsdenkmal , also known as the Dreikönigdenkmal , commemorated three kings from the Wettin family from 1913 to 1973 in the town of Frauenstein in the Eastern Ore Mountains , who ruled over the Kingdom of Saxony one after the other at the beginning of the 20th century .

history

The Dreikönigsdenkmal was erected in a two-year construction period in 1911 based on a design submitted by the architect Albin Müller from Darmstadt , who came from Dittersbach . In gratitude for this, the Frauenstein military association named Albin Müller an honorary member.

The monument commemorated three kings of Saxony: Albert (ruled until 1902), Georg (until 1904) and Friedrich August III. (until 1918). The monument was located on the edge of the Frauenstein market square, right next to the church and school.

The consecration of the monument took place in 1913 with active participation of the population. After the abdication of the last Saxon King Friedrich August III. In 1918, in the newly founded Weimar Republic, the memory of the monarchy and its monuments was no longer up to date. The Dreikönigsdenkmal was therefore mostly only referred to as a memorial in official usage .

After the end of the Second World War , the Dreikönigsdenkmal in the Soviet occupation zone and the early years of the GDR survived the politically motivated demolition of numerous monuments from the time of the Kingdom of Saxony and National Socialism . It was not until 1973 that the monument was no longer considered to be in keeping with the times, and its demolition was commissioned. A fountain was built on the site of the monument. This water reservoir was replaced after 1990 by the newly created organ fountain, which is supposed to commemorate Gottfried Silbermann .

literature

  • Eastern Ore Mountains (= values ​​of the German homeland . Volume 10). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1966.
  • Heimatmuseum Frauenstein (ed.): Frauenstein. Castle and city. Home of the organ builder Gottfried Silbermann. Frauenstein, undated

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 23, 1912, p. 303.
  2. ^ Entry on Albin Müller in the German biography with catalog raisonné
  3. ^ Gerhard Bott : From Morris to the Bauhaus. An Art Based on Simplicity , 1977: Peters, p. 263.

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 9.2 ″  N , 13 ° 32 ′ 18.5 ″  E