Karl Marx Monument (Neubrandenburg)

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The Karl Marx Monument 2018, a few days after its re-erection in the park at Schwanenteich

The Karl Marx Monument in Neubrandenburg is a sculpture in memory of the German philosopher, economist and social theorist Karl Marx (1818–1883). The bronze statue is the work of the sculptor Gerhard Thieme (1928–2018). It was built in 1969 and dismantled in 2001. In 2018, the year of Marx's 200th birthday, it was publicly displayed again after years of debate.

description

The bronze sculpture is 2.20 meters high and weighs just under 400 kilograms. Marx wears an open coat. The left hand is supported on the hip, the right arm is bent. Marx looks into the distance.

history

The Karl-Marx-Monument at its former location (1990) on the market square, the then Karl-Marx-Platz

The statue was a commissioned work. The occasion for the commission to the sculptor Thieme was the 20th anniversary of the founding of the GDR in 1949. The statue was erected in 1969 on the market square , which was called Marx from 1965 to 1991. During the GDR era, the socialist leadership held rallies on the square. The statue was moved in 1995, dismantled in 2001 for safety reasons due to the damaged base and placed in a depot. A shopping center was built at the previous location.

In 2015, the Left Party in the city council took the initiative to get the memorial from the depot of the Neubrandenburg municipal housing company. She suggested moving him to a new place near the House of Culture and Education . The city council rejected the heatedly discussed application. The suggestion of an SPD city councilor to place Marx at the memorial on the former State Security site and thus to give him a historical context was not taken up.

In March 2018, the city council discussed a proposal from Mayor Silvio Witt (non-party) to display the statue lying on the market square. The sculpture should be placed on a filigree support at a height of 90 centimeters as if it were floating or resting. The city representatives of the left did not want to accept this, they demanded a vertical position. The sculptor Thieme also raised an objection to the horizontal Marx shortly before his death in May 2018. Another proposal was for the courtyard of the Neubrandenburg art collection . It was rejected, as was a location at the regional library or in the cultural park . The city council left the decision on the future location to the city administration in September 2018.

On November 27, 2018, the monument was erected at the Schwanenteich, a small park not far from the Friedrich-Engels-Ring . It was unveiled on November 29, 2018. A couple from Neubrandenburg will contribute 10,000 euros to the costs of the re-installation.

The Karl Marx monument is included in the monument list of the city of Neubrandenburg .

See also

Web links

Commons : Karl-Marx-Denkmal  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silke Hasselmann: Risen from the depot. In: deutschlandfunk.de . 29th November 2018.
  2. ^ Neubrandenburg: Karl Marx statue is back. In: ndr.de . November 27, 2018, accessed November 30, 2018.
  3. ^ City Archives Neubrandenburg (ed.): Neubrandenburg. Chronological history of the city and company portraits. BVB publishing company. Nordhorn 1997. pp. 79, 100.
  4. ↑ Winfried Wagner: After a long dispute: Karl Marx statue is unveiled again. In: svz.de. 29th November 2018.
  5. ↑ Winfried Wagner: Marx statue comes into the art collection. In: svz.de . March 23, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ Goodbye Marx! No going back to the future. In: ndr.de . October 22, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  7. ↑ Goodbye Marx! No going back to the future. In: ndr.de . October 22, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ Silke Hasselmann: The "Bronze Kalle" is coming back. In: deutschlandfunkkultur.de . April 12, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  9. ^ Marx monument lying or standing: the city decides. Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 22, 2018, accessed on August 14, 2020 . .
  10. ↑ Marx statue should go to the swan pond. In: nordkurier.de . October 21, 2018, accessed November 30, 2018.
  11. ↑ Karl Marx Monument is on public display. In: ndr.de . March 23, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  12. ^ Karl Marx is set up again in Neubrandenburg. In: nordkurier.de . September 6, 2018, accessed November 29, 2018.
  13. ^ Karl Marx is set up again in Neubrandenburg. In: nordkurier.de . September 6, 2018, accessed November 29, 2018.
  14. ^ Karl Marx monument is ceremoniously unveiled in Neubrandenburg. In: uckermarkkurier. 29th November 2018.
  15. ↑ Winfried Wagner: After dispute: statue in Neubrandenburg unveiled. In: ostsee-zeitung.de . 29th November 2018.
  16. ^ Neubrandenburg: Karl Marx statue is back. In: ndr.de . November 27, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  17. ^ Comeback for Karl Marx statue in Neubrandenburg. In: ndr.de . September 6, 2018, accessed November 29, 2018.
  18. ^ Karl Marx monument is ceremoniously unveiled in Neubrandenburg. In: uckermarkkurier.de , November 29, 2018.
  19. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Neubrandenburg , November 2018 (in the list from November 2018 with the location Stargrader Straße and the note "stored"; PDF, 442 KB, p. 9).

Coordinates: 53 ° 33 '12.3 "  N , 13 ° 15' 54.2"  E