Kaiser Wilhelm I Monument (Karlsruhe)
| Kaiser Wilhelm I monument | |
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| place | Kaiserplatz in Karlsruhe |
| builder | Adolf Heer |
| Construction year | 1897 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 0 '36.9 " N , 8 ° 23' 20.4" E |
The Kaiser Wilhelm I monument is an equestrian statue on Kaiserplatz in Karlsruhe . It is located in the center of the square, surrounded by trees, and faces east, so that it seems as if Kaiser Wilhelm I was riding into the city.
history
As early as 1889, one year after the death of the emperor, the Grand Duke of Baden asked for a memorial to be erected for him. The monument was designed by Adolf Heer and inaugurated on October 18, 1897. In 2002, 27 granite tablets with the names of the revolutionaries who had been executed during the Baden Revolution in 1849 were embedded in the ground east of the monument .
monument
Wilhelm I is not depicted as an emperor, but as a general in his uniform . The monument itself is made of bronze and sits on a three-part pedestal made of red Swedish granite, which stands on a stepped pedestal. Until 1943 there was an allegorical figure on each side: in the east a figure of the goddess of victory Victoria , in the west the Klio (muse of history), in the north a lion and in the south a griffin . All figures were melted down in 1943 as part of the metal delivery. On the north side there is a bronze relief depicting the proclamation of Wilhelm as emperor in Versailles . On the south side there is a representation of Baden troops .
In the east, the monument bears the following inscription: "WILHELM I / ERRICHTET VD STADT / KARLSRUHE IN THE YEAR 1897".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Karlsruhe: Kaiser Wilhelm I. Monument ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the city of Karlsruhe, status 2003, accessed on January 19, 2011.
- ↑ Albert Herzog: Your happy eyes: a Karlsruhe journalist tells from his life. 2008, 166f.
- ↑ Susanne Asche, Ernst Otto Bränche: The road of democracy. 2007, ISBN 9783881904834 , pp. 133f.
