List of abandoned monuments in Frankfurt (Oder)

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Frankfurt (Oder) has many monuments because of its long history . There are in addition to building - space - archaeological monuments and monument areas many monuments in the narrow sense . However, almost as many have also been lost; only a few are known about their whereabouts.

Due to the army’s need for metals, the bronze equestrian monument of the emperor on Wilhelmsplatz and the bronze eagle on the war memorial on Kleiner Wilhelmsplatz were removed and added to the metal reserve in the summer of 1942 .

After the Second World War , Order No. 30 of the Allied Control Council of May 13, 1946 ordered the removal of German military and Nazi monuments and museums . This meant monuments that were erected after 1914. There were exceptions in principle for grave monuments and for works of great artistic importance; these could be issued on request. Symbols with the imperial eagle had largely been eliminated by this time. A total of 24 locations were identified for Frankfurt, and between October 16 and December 13, 1946, disposal was carried out at nine of these locations. Some of the destruction went beyond the actual order, and monuments erected before 1914 were also destroyed.

The memorial plaques at the artillery barracks used by the Red Army were not removed. Even in 1951, the Red Army had not yet had the inscription Hindenburg-Kaserne or the Prussian eagle removed. After a request from the city assembly, the eagles were covered with a wooden shield and the inscription made illegible. Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the memorial plaques.

Leopold of Braunschweig and Lüneburg

Prince Leopold Monument before 1906

Prince Leopold of Braunschweig and Lüneburg drowned in the Oder in 1785 during rescue work during the spring floods. The “To the honest heart” lodge took the initiative for a memorial. Prof. Bernhard Rode made the design and on August 11, 1787 the sandstone monument was erected with a height of over seven meters. The location of the 3,263 thalers, 9 groschen and 6 pfennigs expensive work was the Prinzenufer in the Dammvorstadt (today Słubice ), where Leopold's body was pulled from the Oder. On a round pedestal stood three female figures with an urn on their shoulders. The figure that embodied human love carried two small children, steadfastness had its right foot on a stone, and modesty wore a loose, wide robe. On the front of the monument there was an inscription with the portrait of the prince and his life dates. Next to the inscription was a female figure symbolizing the city of Frankfurt, while to the right of it the river god Viadrus sits pensive and pensive. It was not damaged in World War II, but is no longer in its original location . Presumably, it was transferred to Warsaw in the late 1940s. World icon

Grave monument for Christian Wilhelm Spieker

The monument to Christian Wilhelm Spieker was located in the southeast corner of the old cemetery , today Kleistpark . Spieker was born on April 7, 1780 in Brandenburg and died on May 10, 1858 in Frankfurt. In addition to reorganizing the school system, he founded the Patriotic Wochenblatt and thus became the father of the Oderzeitung . Spieker was an honorary citizen of the city of Frankfurt.

Gottfried Piefke

Originally there was a tombstone for Gottfried Piefke in the old cemetery (Kleistpark) and a memorial stele. This was built by Georg Fürstenberg , but is lost today.

Sedand monument

Sedand monument.

A memorial was erected on the small Wilhelmsplatz for those who fell in the campaigns of 1864 , 1866 and 1870/1871 . On April 23, 1878, a monument committee was founded , whose primary task was to raise the necessary funds. The owner of the stonemasonry workshop Kessel & Röhl in Berlin agreed to provide the material for the monument free of charge - on condition that he was commissioned to carry it out. After unexpectedly large donations, building inspector von Niederstetter designed a more generous work than was originally planned. World icon

The north side of the sandstone plinth, which faced the city, received the inscription The sons of Frankfurt, who died for the fatherland ; The names of the fallen were recorded on the remaining three pages. On the base was a 1.10 meter diameter column made of polished red-brown Swedish granite. Halfway up it was surrounded by a bronze frieze with the decorations of the wars. At the top of the column stood a bronze eagle with wings outspread. Although it was not under orders from 1946, all inscriptions were removed from the memorial that year.

Prince Friedrich Karl

Monument to Prince Friedrich Karl. Postcard from 1899.

The monument to Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia was unveiled on August 16, 1888. The work was in front of the rectory of the Gertraudenkirche, Wilhelmsplatz 10 . Allegedly, Kaiser Wilhelm II personally asked for the installation in Frankfurt (Oder) because the prince was particularly fond of here and the largest and oldest garrison in the corps area was also located. In 1944, the bronze statue was removed from the base in order to be supplied to the metal needs of the war industry of the Second World War . The base from which the inscriptions had been removed stood in place until the 1950s. The work of the artist Max Unger was 5.5 meters high and surrounded by heavy, sagging chains. Eight granite pillars held the chains. The prince was shown in the uniform of the hussar regiment "von Ziethen" , where Friedrich Karl von Prussia had started his military career. World icon

Wilhelm I.

Wilhelm I monument 1909.

After the death of Wilhelm I , a committee of 18 citizens was formed in Frankfurt, which called a competition for a statue in honor of the emperor. The choice fell on the design by Max Unger , who was commissioned for the monument in 1897. In May 1899 the model was completed and the foundry of the stock corporation [formerly] Hermann Gladenbeck & Sohn in Berlin-Friedrichshagen made the bronze cast. Overall, the work cost 83,000 marks, with 50,000 marks being raised by the citizens and the remaining 33,000 marks by the city. The inauguration took place on October 20, 1900. The bronze statue was dismantled as early as 1942 and sent to the metal industry for recycling. The 4.50 meter high statue showed the emperor with a helmet on a standing horse. The Hohenzollern coat was thrown back and the right hand was resting on the hip. Originally a place in front of the south front of the town hall was planned for the installation, but it was set up on Wilhelmsplatz , the later Republic Square . On the front of the 3.84 meter high pedestal was Wilhelm I to read, on the back the grateful city to the great Kaiser, founder of the German Empire.World icon

The place on which the memorial stood was on the outside of the city wall, which was already demolished at that time, was flat and unpaved and was used for drill. After the monument was erected, the Frankfurt gardening publisher Trowitzsch und Sohn awarded an honorary prize of 1,000 marks (€ 6,949) for the best design for the horticultural design of the square. The cost was set at 30,000 marks (€ 208,468). Mayor Paul Adolph held the honorary chairmanship of the jury . The judges were among others Axel Fintelmann , Albert Brodersen and Julius Trip .

Bismarck Tower

See: Bismarck Tower (Frankfurt an der Oder)

Fallen memorial for Grenadier Regiment No. 12

The monument to the Prince Karl Grenadiers was located on what was then Hohenzollernplatz , today's Unity Square . The architect Otto Peters provided the design , the execution was carried out by the sculptor Georg Fürstenberg . It was reminiscent of the fallen of the 12th Regiment in Frankfurt. It was inaugurated on August 24, 1924 with the speech of the former division pastor Jäckel from Berlin. Lieutenant General von Oven , as the oldest surviving regimental commander of the Grenadier Regiment “Prince Carl of Prussia” (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12, then handed the monument over to the city. It shows a group of soldiers in an assault. According to reports, it was removed from its base in 1946 and sunk in the nearby extinguishing water pond. The extinguishing water pond was then filled in and the base smashed. The documents contained in the base, which were then handed over to the city archive, were also damaged. Today there is a flower bowl in the original place. Plans from 1991 by the Reich Association of War Victims and Survivors to raise the memorial were initially not implemented. During the construction of the Kleistforum cultural center in 2001, the monument was exposed. World icon

Memorial to the fallen of the Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 8 (Franco-German War)

Memorial to the fallen of the Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 8 on a postcard from 1908

A war memorial was inaugurated on Sunday, October 27, 1872 for the fallen 329 soldiers and 29 officers of the Franco-German War of 1870/1871 . The monument, which was located in Lennépark, was designed by Dr. Löwenstein , the chief preacher, inaugurated. The monument was designed in the shape of an obelisk, on the base of which there was a copper plate with the names of the soldiers and officers engraved on it. (A corresponding memorial was erected in Lorraine on the Gerzon- Rezonville road .) All names and references were removed in 1946, although the 1946 order did not include this memorial at all. Three years later, the monument was completely razed, and the documents found in the base were handed over to the city archives.

  • Memorial to the fallen of the Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 8 in Rezonville before 1910

  • Memorial to the fallen of the Lein Grenadier Regiment No. 8 in Rezonville 2011

Memorial to the fallen of the Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 8 (First World War)

Of the fallen from the Body Guard Grenadiers Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm III." (1. Brandenburg) no. 8 in the First World War reminded the monument of Hugo Lederer designed and his pupil, the architect and sculptor Adolph Dahl of Stettin, created has been. The inauguration, attended by thousands of Frankfurt residents, took place on May 10, 1925.

Memorial to the fallen of Telegraph Battalion No. 2

Pedestal of the memorial to the 2,000 fallen soldiers of Telegraph Battalion No. 2. Photo from 2008

On Carthausplatz there was a memorial for the 2,000 fallen soldiers of Telegraph Battalion No. 2 , also known colloquially as the "Funkerdenkmal". It was executed in Berlin based on a 1925 model by the sculptor Victor Seifert . On a black pedestal stood the sculpture of a German with the bugle , which was supposed to symbolize the intelligence soldiers. The inscription read In Memory of Our Fallen Comrades. A warning to the coming generations. A token of fame to Telegraph Battalion No. 2 and its war formations , it was chiseled out in 1946. Today only the pedestal can be seen. World icon

Hans Dominik

The memorial was implemented several times and commemorated the officer Hans Dominik , who, as a major of the German protection force , was primarily responsible for punitive expeditions in the former German colony in Cameroon . After his death on December 16, 1910, a memorial was erected in Cameroon. The inscription read Not looking right, not looking left, straight ahead, trust in God and through! . When the colony had to be dissolved in 1919, the memorial was moved to Frankfurt on the grounds of the 18 regiment. From there it was relocated again in 1933 and re-consecrated on September 24, 1933 . In 1946 the monument was completely removed. World icon

Godparents and traditional companionships

Some monuments were erected for military units that were not stationed in Frankfurt themselves, but were connected to the city through comradeships.

For the fallen soldiers of the field artillery regiment “General Feldzeugmeister” (2nd Brandenburgisches) No. 18 , a memorial was inaugurated on July 31, 1921 in the front garden of the artillery barracks.

A memorial in the front garden of the artillery barracks was inaugurated on November 5, 1922 for the fallen of the 1st Posensch Field Artillery Regiment No. 20 .

In 1925 the memorial for the fallen of the Lower Silesian Foot Artillery Regiment No.5 was inaugurated.

Victim of fascism

Memorial to victims of fascism on May 8, 1950

On September 14, 1949, a memorial for the victims of fascism was inaugurated at the southern entrance of Lennépark in the presence of 5,000 residents . It was designed by Gerhard Steffen and the implementation was directed by the sculptor Radeck . The dead admonish the living was to be read on the triangular sandstone plinth. After a new memorial was erected in 1986, the memorial was dismantled in the same year. World icon

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archive Frankfurt (Oder), inventory department II, No. 711, here after Ralf Rüdiger Targiel, To the fate of Frankfurter monuments after 1945 in communications of the historical association to Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002 issue 2, p. 36
  2. ↑ Ralf-Rüdiger Targiel , To the fate of Frankfurt monuments after 1945 in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002 issue 2, pp. 35-40
  3. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 9
  4. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told on the basis of the fate of individual monuments in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., issue 1/1997, p. 10
  5. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 10
  6. ↑ Bernhard Klemm: Frankfurt Monument History - told based on the fate of individual monuments. in: Messages of the historical association to Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997, issue 1, p. 11
  7. ↑ Ralf Rüdiger Targiel: On the fate of Frankfurt monuments after 1945. in: Mitteilungen des Historische Verein zu Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002, issue 2, p. 38
  8. ^ Ralf Rüdiger Targiel, On the fate of Frankfurt monuments after 1945 in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002 issue 2, p. 38
  9. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, pp. 11-12
  10. ↑ Bernhard Klemm: Frankfurt Monument History, told based on the fate of individual monuments. in: Messages of the historical association to Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 12.
  11. ↑ Agriculture . In: Lavantthaler Bote . XIV. Year, no. 97 . Wolfsberg December 5, 1900, p. 5 ( onb.ac.at ).
  12. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, pp. 14–15 and Ralf Rüdiger Targiel, To the fate of Frankfurt monuments after 1945 in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002 issue 2, p. 38
  13. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 11
  14. ^ Ralf Rüdiger Targiel, On the fate of Frankfurt monuments after 1945 in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002 issue 2, pp. 37-38
  15. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 15.
  16. ↑ Bernhard Klemm: Frankfurt Monument History, told based on the fate of individual monuments. in: Messages of the historical association to Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, pp. 15-17.
  17. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 18
  18. ^ Ralf Rüdiger Targiel, On the fate of Frankfurt monuments after 1945 in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 2002 issue 2, p. 38
  19. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 17
  20. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 17
  21. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 17
  22. ↑ Bernhard Klemm, Frankfurter Denkmalgeschichte - told based on the fate of individual monuments , in communications from the historical association of Frankfurt (Oder) e. V., 1997 issue 1, p. 19