Eberhard group

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Eberhardsgruppe in the Stuttgart palace garden

The Eberhardsgruppe is a memorial in the Upper Palace Garden in Stuttgart . It shows Prince Eberhard I lying on the lap of a subject.

meaning

The depicted scene is based on the poem The Richest Prince by Justinus Kerner . Known and set to music under the title Preisend with many beautiful speeches , it is considered the unofficial national anthem of Württemberg . In the ballad in honor of the Count and first Duke of Württemberg, Eberhard im Bart , German princes enumerate the riches of their domains, until at the end Eberhard states that "I can boldly lay my head in any subject's lap," whereupon the other princes him to say that he is the richest prince .

The Eberhards group thus illustrates the special relationship between the Württemberg rulers and their subjects in the eyes of the people. On the basis of the Münsinger Treaty, the rulers were often dependent on the participation of representatives of the estates. When the country was elevated to a kingdom , King Friedrich wanted to abolish these old estates. The monument also refers to the opposing efforts of the estates to reinstate the old law .

history

Equestrian statue of Eberhard I of Württemberg in the inner courtyard of the old castle
Relocation of the monument in the Upper Palace Garden, August 2012

In 1859 an equestrian statue in honor of Eberhard I was unveiled in the courtyard of the New Palace in Stuttgart. The people of Stuttgart were skeptical of this portrayal of the prince, as it did not fit the more popular image of the popular ruler. Charles I had the statue moved to the inner courtyard of the Old Palace .

Between 1879 and 1881 the sculptor Paul Müller created the 350 cm high and 500 cm wide marble sculpture, which was unveiled in 1881 as part of the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the elevation of Württemberg to kingdom.

On August 3, 2012, the memorial was temporarily relocated from the Middle to the Upper Palace Garden, as the Stuttgart 21 construction site is located in its traditional location .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.schule-bw.de/unterricht/faecheruebergreifende_themen/landeskunde/modelle/epochen/neuzeit/revolution48/eberhard/1bedeutung.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.schule-bw.de/unterricht/faecheruebergreifende_themen/landeskunde/modelle/epochen/neuzeit/revolution48/eberhard/ab5.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.restaurierung-im-schlossgarten-graf-und-schaefer-fuer-15-000-euro-saniert.b61fa00d-2068-4281-8523-c8cf95da77c0.html
  4. ↑ http://www.schule-bw.de/unterricht/faecheruebergreifende_themen/landeskunde/modelle/epochen/neuzeit/revolution48/eberhard/12zeittafel.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.stuttgart-21-baustelle-im-schlossgarten-kunst-in-bewegung.06a2dd4b-46dc-432d-b95d-e2cee3f0e5f8.html

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 54.5 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 2 ″  E