Kaiser Friedrich Monument (Wuppertal)

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Kaiser Friedrich monument in Elberfeld, detail from a postcard from 1898

The Kaiser-Friedrich-Monument was a statue in honor of Kaiser Friedrich III. , which was set up on the Elberfelder Neumarkt (today Wuppertal ) from 1893 to 1936 . It stood opposite the Elberfeld town hall and showed, next to the emperor, an allegorical female figure of mourning and a boy who offered the general a branch of laurel.

history

Immediately after the death of Friedrich III. A citizens' meeting in Elberfeld passed the resolution to donate a memorial to the “99-day emperor”. The committee for the donation-financed memorial was headed by Reinhart Schmidt , a member of the Reichstag . After a limited competition, the decision was made on the design by the sculptor Gustav Eberlein . The bronze figure was inaugurated on October 18, 1893, on the same day as the Kaiser Wilhelm monument on Brausenwerther Platz on Döppersberg , which was also made by Eberlein.

In 1901 the Kaiser-Friedrich-Monument received a new enclosure. A quote from the late emperor was mentioned on a bronze plaque:

“ The time in which we live requires light and enlightenment. "

In November 1936, the monument was removed in favor of a parking lot when the traffic flow on Neumarkt was redesigned. In 1939 the memorial was supposed to be re-erected on the Hardt opposite the local nursery, but the Second World War probably prevented the plan from being implemented. In 1951/52 the memorial is said to have been stored in the building yard of the city of Wuppertal on Bayreuther Straße, but then its trace is lost.

  • Kaiser Friedrich Monument, view from the south, between 1901 and 1936

  • Kaiser Friedrich Monument, view from the south, the town hall in the background, around 1900

  • Kaiser Friedrich Monument, view from the southwest, in the background the Jubilee Fountain built in 1901

literature

  • Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal (main volume) . Born, Wuppertal 1991, ISBN 3-87093-057-8 , p. 81.
  • Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg: Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal (biographies of the participating artists) . Born, Wuppertal 1991, ISBN 3-87093-058-6 , p. 41.

Web links

Commons : Kaiser-Friedrich-Denkmal (Elberfeld)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 30.2 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 47.1 ″  E