Crown Prince Monument (Kaiserswerth)

Crown Prince Monument in Kaiserswerth

The Crown Prince Monument in the Kaiserswerth district of Düsseldorf was built in 1890 and is a listed building . It shows a statue of the German Emperor Friedrich III.

location

The monument stands on the grounds of the Kaiserswerther Diakonie in what is now the northern district of Düsseldorf 5. In its vicinity there are numerous Diakonie facilities, including the Florence Nightingale Hospital , the Motherhouse Church and the main administration building of the Kaiserswerther Diakonie. The Kaiserswerth Jewish Cemetery is also in the immediate vicinity of the Crown Prince monument .

description

Inscription on the base with the line Jerusalem Ahubbuka / Jerusalem I love you

The statue was created by the sculptor Paul Disselhoff , a son of the then director of the Diakonissenanstalt, and inaugurated on June 15, 1890 - the second anniversary of Friedrich's death. It is made of sandstone and shows Friedrich as Crown Prince in military uniform. A small child is sitting on his right arm, holding one of his medals and looking at it. The base of the monument bears the inscription Our Crown Prince in Kaiserswerth on September 21, 1884 . There is also a reference to a visit by the Crown Prince to the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital in Jerusalem in 1869.

background

The statue commemorates the visit of the then crown prince and later emperor to the Kaiserswerther Diakonie on September 21, 1884. After a service, he visited some sick children who were being cared for in the deaconess institution. He took one of the children in his arms, while the child is said to have played with the crown prince's military medals on his chest. The child was the four-year-old Wilhelm Koll. This scene was captured by Disselhoff and has since been seen on the deaconry area. From today's point of view, the statue is characterized as "in its maudlin naivety copied from the popular Bible illustrations and images of saints of the time". Only a few sculptural works are known from his creator Paul Disselhoff, he apparently worked full-time as a photographer in Elberfeld .

Current condition

On December 14, 1995, the monument was entered in the list of monuments of the city of Düsseldorf. The monument is maintained by the Kaiserswerther Brotherhood Rifle Club and is in good condition.

Web links

Commons : Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm (Kaiserswerth) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Alte Landstrasse 179. Retrieved on February 9, 2020 (de-US).
↑ At home , year 26, 1890
^ Geocaching: Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
↑ Düsseldorf local courier . tape 15 , no. 21 . Düsseldorf November 10, 2016.
^ Hermann Jahnke: Hohenzollern anecdotes . TP Verone Publishing House, Nicosia 1907.
↑ Wolfgang Cillessen: Altars for the Fatherland. Wesel 2002, ISBN 3-924380-20-1 , p. 30.
↑ Julia Brabeck: Kaiserswerth: Riflemen are repositioning themselves. Retrieved February 9, 2020 .
↑ List of monuments: detailed information. Retrieved March 7, 2020 .

51.2999 6.74551Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 59.6 " N , 6 ° 44 ′ 43.8" E

[1] Alte Landstrasse 179. Retrieved on February 9, 2020 (de-US).

[2] At home , year 26, 1890

[3] Geocaching: Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .

[4] Düsseldorf local courier . tape 15 , no. 21 . Düsseldorf November 10, 2016.

[5] Hermann Jahnke: Hohenzollern anecdotes . TP Verone Publishing House, Nicosia 1907.

[6] Wolfgang Cillessen: Altars for the Fatherland. Wesel 2002, ISBN 3-924380-20-1 , p. 30.

[7] Julia Brabeck: Kaiserswerth: Riflemen are repositioning themselves. Retrieved February 9, 2020 .

[8] List of monuments: detailed information. Retrieved March 7, 2020 .