Leibgrenadierdenkmal

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Leibgrenadier Monument (2007)

The Leibgrenadier Monument was on Europaplatz in Karlsruhe . It is reminiscent of the Baden Leib Grenadier Regiment, later the 1st Badisches Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 109 .

monument

The Leibgrenadierdenkmal was erected in 1924/25 on what was then Lorettoplatz by Otto Gruber and Emil Valentin Gutmann .

In January 2010 the Greif was dismantled due to the construction of the tram tunnel , as part of the combined solution , and brought to the depot of the civil engineering office. In the summer of 2010, the remaining memorial was also removed and stored.

On March 27, 2014, the Greif was temporarily set up in front of the Prinz-Max-Palais , not far from Europaplatz, on the corner of Karlsstrasse-Akademiestrasse, to advertise an exhibition.

inscription

The inscription on the front of the monument reads:

"The Baden Leib Grenadiers"

and shows the locations of the Baden regiment on the pages :

The Leibgrenadier Monument and behind it the building of the Imperial Post
Detail: Griffin on the Leibgrenadier Monument

The inscription on the back:

grenadier
reserve
First reserve
Landwehr
Landsturm
109

regiment

The regiment was founded on March 23, 1803 with a garrison in Mannheim . At the same time as the regiment was founded, Baden was elevated to the status of an electorate . With the elevation to electoral prince, Margrave Carl Friedrich also received parts from Palatinate possession, including 1,000 infantrymen who were integrated into the new regiment. When Baden was elevated to a Grand Duchy in August 1806 , the regiment was renamed "Hereditary Grand Duke Regiment". The years from 1815 to 1848 were quiet times for the regiment, but in 1848 it drew into the First Schleswig-Holstein War . As a result, it was the only regiment to survive the turmoil of the Baden Revolution and was renamed “Infantry Battalion ” in July 1849 , later to “Infantry Battalion No. 1” and finally to “1. Infantry Regiment ”. In February 1851 the regiment was transferred to Karlsruhe in garrison.

On the occasion of the marriage of Grand Duke Friedrich I to Princess Luise of Prussia , the regiment was named "Leib Grenadier Regiment" on September 20, 1856 and received the Gardelitzen . (see also Baden Army )

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Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 35.7 ″  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 37 ″  E