Kaiser Wilhelm I Monument (Königsberg)
The Kaiser Wilhelm I monument in Königsberg stood on Kaiser Wilhelm Platz at the southwest corner of the palace .
It is one of the most famous works by Friedrich Reusch . The five meters (up to the point of the sword 6.80 m) large, "East Prussian Provincial Monument" of Emperor Wilhelm I , who is depicted in the regalia of his coronation as King of Prussia on January 2, 1861. The statue cast by Schäffer & Walcker in Berlin shows the monarch, holding the Albrecht's sword in his raised right hand , on a 1900 hundredweight granite boulder from Samland . The monument was unveiled on September 4, 1894 in the presence of the imperial couple and Prince Albrecht of Prussia on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz. Even then, the total costs were considerable at 376,000 marks; the emperor's statue alone cost 220,000 marks. The money was raised primarily through voluntary contributions and a grant from the provincial council.
The memorial survived World War II undamaged. Post-war photos from 1948 show the emperor without his head and sword. The Soviet authorities in Kaliningrad removed the monument in early 1950.
literature
- Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings . Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
- Richard Armstedt: history of the royal. Capital and residence city of Königsberg in Prussia . Reprint of the original edition, Stuttgart 1899.
- Fritz Gause : The history of the city of Königsberg in Prussia . 3 volumes. Böhlau, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-412-08896-X .
- Jürgen Manthey : Königsberg - history of a world citizenship republic . Hanser , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-446-20619-1 .
- Gunnar Strunz: Discover Königsberg. Between Memel and fresh lagoon . Trescher, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89794-071-X .
- Baldur Köster: Königsberg. Architecture from the German era . Husum Druck, Husum 2000, ISBN 3-88042-923-5 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′ 35.2 " N , 20 ° 30 ′ 35.7" E