Kaiser Wilhelm I Monument (Breslau)

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The Kaiser Wilhelm I monument around 1900

The Kaiser Wilhelm I Monument was a monument in honor of the German Emperor Wilhelm I on Schweidnitzer Strasse in Breslau .

history

The Kaiser Wilhelm I monument in 1896

The monument designed by the architect Hugo Licht and the sculptor Christian Behrens was opened in September 1896 in the presence of the imperial couple. It was a gift from the State of Lower Silesia to the city of Wroclaw. The decision to build a memorial in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm I was taken in 1889. In the same year there was a competition for the corresponding model sketches. Later, an area on Schweidnitzer Strasse was chosen as the location, where the former Schweidnitzer city gate stood in the Middle Ages. The Corpus Christi Church and the Wertheim department store were in the immediate vicinity . The monument consisted of a bronze figure standing on a pedestal depicting the emperor. To the right and left of it were two marble statues. The base was decorated with a large relief. Behind the statue were two tall obelisks on which eagles loomed. These were made by the sculptors Anton and Adolf Schwarz from Dresden.

The equestrian statue survived the Second World War almost unscathed. Nevertheless, the bronze casting was destroyed and melted down in October 1945. The base and the staircase were only removed a few years later. Since 2007 there has been a memorial to the first Polish king Bolesław I.

Web links

Commons : Kaiser Wilhelm I. Monument (Breslau)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SLUB Dresden: 01 early edition 1896 Leipziger Tageblatt and Anzeiger: March 20, 1896. Retrieved on July 7, 2020 (German).
  2. ^ SLUB Dresden: 1896 Leipziger Tageblatt and Anzeiger: September 6th, 1896. Retrieved on July 7, 2020 (German).
  3. ^ SLUB Dresden: 1891 Leipziger Tageblatt and Anzeiger: June 18, 1891. Retrieved on July 7, 2020 (German).
  4. ^ SLUB Dresden: 02-evening edition Dresdner Nachrichten: February 22nd, 1911. Retrieved on July 7, 2020 (German).
  5. ^ SLUB Dresden: Dresdner Nachrichten: 03.15.1889. Retrieved on July 7, 2020 (German).
  6. ^ Deutsche Industrie-Zeitung . 1889, p. 342 ( sachsen.digital ).
  7. ^ SLUB Dresden: 1890 Leipziger Tageblatt and Anzeiger: May 19, 1890. Retrieved on July 7, 2020 (German).

Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 15.6 ″  N , 17 ° 1 ′ 52.8 ″  E