Johannes Müller Monument (Koblenz)

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The Johannes Müller monument in the old town of Koblenz
The Johannes Müller monument on Jesuitenplatz, in the background the Koblenz town hall
The inauguration of the Johannes Müller Memorial on October 7, 1899

The Johannes Müller Memorial in Koblenz is a memorial in honor of the city-born physician Johannes Müller . It is located in the old town in the center of Jesuitenplatz in front of the town hall of Koblenz .

history

The privately financed monument was inaugurated on October 7, 1899 on Jesuitenplatz in Koblenz. The keynote address was given by Müller's former student Rudolf Virchow . The statue is the work of the Berlin sculptor Joseph Uphues .

After the Second World War, the monument was moved to Südallee in 1951 for traffic reasons. After the Jesuitenplatz had been redesigned to be car-free, it returned to its old location in 1986.

construction

The Johannes Müller monument, which is slightly raised by flat steps in the middle of the Jesuitenplatz, stands on a high granite base and is therefore a defining feature of the square. A larger than life bronze figure by Johannes Peter Müller rises above it. The name Johannes Müller and his life dates 1801–1858 are carved on the front of the base , on the back it reads: “Dem great anatomist u. Physiologists established in his hometown in 1899 ” .

Monument protection

The Johannes Müller Monument is a protected cultural monument according to the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) and entered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is on Jesuit Square .

The Johannes Müller Memorial has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley since 2002 .

See also

literature

  • Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): History of the city of Koblenz . Overall editing: Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt
    • Vol. 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-0876-X .
    • Vol. 2: From the French city to the present . Theiss, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8062-1036-5 .
  • Fritz Michel : The art monuments of the city of Koblenz. The mundane monuments and the suburbs. Munich Berlin 1954, pp. 176–180 (Die Kunstdenkmäler von Rheinland-Pfalz, first volume).
  • Herbert Dellwing , Reinhard Kallenbach (edit.): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate Volume 3.2. City of Koblenz. Downtown. Speyer 2004, ISBN 3-88462-198-X , p. 150.
  • Wolfgang Schütz: Koblenz heads. People from the city's history - namesake for streets and squares. Verlag für Werbung Blätter GmbH, Ed .: Bernd Weber, Mülheim-Kärlich 2005 (2nd revised and expanded edition), p. 401f. and p. 546f.

Web links

Commons : Johannes Müller Memorial in Koblenz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - District-free city of Koblenz (PDF; 1.3 MB), Koblenz 2011

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 38 "  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 54.3"  E