List of monuments, fountains and sculptures in Aachen

In this list of the monuments, fountains, sculptures and sculptures of the city of Aachen are listed monuments and memorials, fountains, special sculptures and sculptures as well as special works of art that are in the publicly accessible space. However, the list does not contain any residential and commercial buildings or ground monuments that are classified as monuments in the list of architectural monuments in Aachen , but some of the objects listed here are also part of the list of monuments of the city of Aachen. The memories of deported and murdered citizens of Aachen in the Third Reich are summarized in the list of stumbling blocks in Aachen .

Monuments

Personal monuments

designation	place	Construction year	Artist	Characteristic
Alfred von Reumont monument	next to Ponttor (since 1952), Aachen	1910	Franz Linden	in memory of the honorary citizen of the city of Aachen, therein a relief depicting Romulus and Remus and the she-wolf feeding them; Monument protection
Bismarck Tower (Aachen)	Waldfriedhof Aachen	1907	Georg Frentzen	in memory of Otto von Bismarck , built in the form of a stylized "B"; decorated with busts of Otto von Bismarck, Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke and Albrecht von Roon ; Monument protection
David Hansemann Memorial	Hansemannplatz / Monheimsallee, Aachen	1888	Heinz Hoffmeister	in memory of Hansemann's work in Aachen; Bronze, monument protection
Franziska Schervier monument	Jakobstrasse, Aachen	1976	Hubert Loneke	Order founder Franziska Schervier as a nun with a beggar, engaged in the care of the cholera sufferers, bronze
Franz Oppenhoff monument - memorial against intolerance	Oppenhoff-Allee, Aachen	1985	Ernst Wille on behalf of the city of Aachen	dedicated to the mayor of Aachen, Franz Oppenhoff, who was murdered by a werewolf squad ; Stone steles with inscription
Gregor von Burtscheid statue	in front of St. Michael (Aachen-Burtscheid)	1963	Boniface Stirnberg	1st Abbot of Burtscheid (around 935–999), founder of the Imperial Burtscheid Abbey , bronze statue
Heinrich II monument	at St. Adalbert Aachen with a view towards Adalbertstrasse	1903	Wilhelm Pohl	monumental seated figure for the founder of the church
Hermann Heusch bust	Hermann-Heusch-Platz, Aachen			in memory of the long-time Lord Mayor of Aachen
John F. Kennedy bust	Kennedypark Aachen, near the pillars of the former Yellow Barracks	1966	Hubert Loneke	Name giver for a district park, bronze
Kaiser Friedrich Monument	Kaiserplatz, Aachen	1911	Hugo Lederer	dedicated to the German Emperor Friedrich III. ; one of the stone lions has been at the entrance to the Burtscheider Ferberpark since 1960 ; Bronze, monument protection
Lenné monument	Monheimsallee, Aachen	1896	Karl Krauss	dedicated to the landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné , who also works in Aachen ; Monument protection
St. Stephen	Munsterplatz at the Hungarian Chapel of Aachen Cathedral	1993	Imre Varga	donated by Hungarian pilgrims at the Aachen Pilgrimage of 1993. bronze figure represents the Hungarian king and national saint Stephen I represent

Warrior and event memorials

designation	place	Construction year	Artist	Characteristic
Memorial in the Marienturm	Ludwigsallee, Aachen	1933/1955	Matthias Corr (sarcophagus)	Tower of the outer city wall ; Memorial for the victims of both world wars; Monument protection
Fallen memorial Aachen- Brand	Near Hochstraße, Aachen-Brand			Double monument for the fallen of the First ( conglomerate stones ) and Second World War ( basalt stone )
War memorial (Eilendorf)	Marienstrasse near St. Severin (Aachen-Eilendorf)	1927	Fritz Neumann (sculpture St. Sebastian )	in memory of the fallen of the First World War
Fallen memorial Aachen- Haaren	Alt-Haarener Strasse, Aachen-Haaren			in memory of the fallen of the First World War
Fallen memorial Kornelimünster	Dorffer Strasse, Aachen-Kornelimünster			in memory of the fallen in both world wars
Monument to the fallen in Aachen- Laurensberg	to the side of the staircase to St. Laurentius , Aachen-Laurensberg			in memory of the victims of both world wars
Fallen memorial Oberforstbach	Oberforstbaacher Strasse 290, Aachen-Oberforstbach			"Peace to people who are of good will. Our fallen and missing 1914–1918 + 1939–1945. In grateful memory, the citizens of Oberforstbach"
Monument to the fallen of Rothe Erde	Barbarastraße, Aachen-Rothe-Erde			in memory of the victims of both world wars
Verlautenheide monument to the fallen	Heider-Hof-Weg, Aachen-Verlautenheide			in memory of the victims of both world wars
Monument to the fallen of Walheim	Albert-Einstein-Strasse, Aachen-Walheim	1921		to commemorate the dead of both world wars and the members of the fire brigade
Congress monument	City Garden Aachen ; until 1914 Adalbertsteinweg	1822	Johann Peter Cremer	in memory of the Aachen Monarchs Congress in 1818 , subsequently revised by Cremers and Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1837 ; Monument protection
Kristallnachtdenkmal	Synagogenplatz, Aachen	1984	Heinz Tobolla	Kristallberg in the form of a Star of David , in memory of the November pogroms in 1938
memorial	Schmithof, Aachen	1972	Rita Landvogt, Aachen	Granite stele with slabs of baked clay

Fountain

designation	place	Construction year	Artist	Characteristic
Aesculapian Fountain	Entrance hall of the Elisabethhalle Aachen	around 1910	Carl Burger	Inscription: The magic of Jungbrunnen is not a mere legend, the bathroom gives the bathroom a magical freshness every day
Augustinerplatz fountain	Augustinerplatz, Aachen	1971	Elmar Hillebrand and architecture students (stele);	The Third World theme is presented on the stele
Bathing women	Small swimming pool in the Elisabethhalle Aachen	around 1910	Fritz Klimsch	Made in the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin
Eilendorf well system	Steinstrasse, Aachen-Eilendorf	1988	Wolfgang Binding (bronze sculpture cow boy with cow)	Donated by Volksbank Eilendorf on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Eilendorf
Elsassplatz fountain	Elsassplatz, Aachen	1978	Benno Werth	Fountain system with bronze stele
Monheimsallee fountain system	Monheimsallee in front of the Aachen casino	1852/53	Peter Joseph Lenné	Part of the Aachen spa gardens ; in the style of an English landscape garden
Fountain at St. Germanus	Germanusstrasse, Aachen-Haaren	2000	Berta Kals	Fountain made of green-colored gray cast iron with dragon heads and Flemish motifs
Couven wall fountain	Abbey place, Burtscheid	1737	Jacob Couven	originally garden fountain of the wasp house ; Monument protection
Bahkauv (brook calf)	Büchel, Aachen	1967	Kurt-Wolf von Borries	Aachen legend figure, new production, bronze; First made in 1904 by Karl Krauss
Elisenbrunnen	Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz, Aachen	1822 (laying of the foundation stone); 1827 (inauguration)	Johann Peter Cremer and Karl Friedrich Schinkel	dedicated to Crown Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria ; Drinking water wells; Monument protection
Europaplatz	Europaplatz roundabout	1957/58	Planning and execution by Derichs & Konertz	illuminated at night
Fish poodle	Fish market, Aachen	1911 (first casting); 1954 (Neuguss)	Hugo Lederer	"Fischjunge", created in 1954 by Heinrich Clemens Dick based on original templates, bronze
Fountain of peace	Königsberger Strasse, Aachen, in front of the Christ our Peace parish center	1980	Boniface Stirnberg	Bronze, spiral-shaped mussel shells. Lettering "Friede" in numerous languages
Fountain of peace	Theaterstrasse , Aachen	1991	Manfred Bredohl and artist of the World Blacksmiths Congress	stands for friendship that unites people and the will to live in harmony with nature; Structural steel
Large Deliusviertel fountain	Kuckhoffstrasse, Aachen	1993	Benno Werth	Well system with watercourse, past pagoda-like bronze buildings, water features, sluices and water wheels; Counterpart to the small fountain system 100 m away
Hotmanspiif	Junction Hotmannpiif, Aachen	1825 (Obelisk); 1830 (figures)	Adam Franz Friedrich Leydel	Renovated in 2008; Obelisk from Blaustein , figures in gilded cast iron, drinking fountain, monument
Chicken thief	Chicken market, Aachen	1913 (first casting); 1953 (Neuguss)	Hermann Joachim Pagels	A copy is in the park of Schloss Köpenick ; Chick wreath is still original from 1913, bronze, monument protection
Hubertus Fountain	Hubertusplatz, Aachen	1992	Benno Werth	hexagonal, three-tier basalt stone fountain
Karlsbrunnen	Market place Aachen	before 1334	Johann Joseph Couven (bluestone basin, around 1735); Franz and Peter von Trier (bronze bowl, around 1620)	Figure of Charlemagne cast in Dinant around 1620 ; Monument protection
Karlshofbrunnen	Karlshof am Markt, Aachen	1969	Ottmar Hollmann	modeled on the octagon in Aachen Cathedral; Side relief: Seven Liberal Arts ; Bronze, marble and concrete
Kennedypark , fountain	Kennedypark, Aachen	1966		Pond with fountain
Small fountain in Deliusviertel	Kuckhoffstrasse, Aachen	1993	Benno Werth	Well system with watercourse, past pagoda-like bronze buildings, water features, sluices and water wheels; Counterpart to the large fountain system 100 m away
Money cycle	Hartmann- / Ursulinerstraße, Aachen	1976	Karl-Henning Seemann	Donated by the Sparkasse Aachen , bronze
Kugelbrunnen (Aachen)	Adalbertstrasse, Aachen	1977	Albert Sous	Concrete pools with ceramic balls; Stainless steel column with an opening and closing ball as a modeled flower; to the side a drinking water fountain
Spa park fountain	Aachen spa gardens , Monheimsallee	1852/53	Peter Joseph Lenné	Part of the Aachen spa gardens in the style of an English landscape garden
Running children	St.-Josefs-Platz Aachen, in front of the swimming pool east	1973	Boniface Stirnberg	three children run into the cool water, bronze
Life ladder	Marienheim Aachen fire	1995	Peter Hodiamont	8 meter high bronze mosaic
Möschebrunnen	Munsterplatz, Aachen	1978	Boniface Stirnberg	High German called Spatzenbrunnen ( Öcher Platt : Mösche equals Spatzen); Bronze, drinking water fountain
Fountain of Neptune	Large swimming pool in the Elisabethhalle Aachen	around 1910	Carl Burger
Fountain of Paradise	in the atrium, the cloister of Aachen Cathedral	1897	Georg Frentzen	originally intended as a decoration for the former cathedral cemetery located here; fed by the Pau , sandstone , monument protection
Doll fountain	Krämerstrasse, Aachen	1975	Boniface Stirnberg	Metal dolls with movable joints, dolls symbolize Aachen events, bronze
Raven Well	Alt-Linzenshäuschen	1956	Matthias Corr	Restoration of the former historical horse trough and new creation of a raven sculpture
Tube fountain	Komphausbadstrasse, Aachen	1971	Heinz Tobolla	forty stainless steel tubes, illuminated from the inside in the evening
Rose spring fountain	Kurpark Burtscheid , Dammstrasse
Seahorse fountain	Burtscheid	1953	Gerhard Thomalla	Original location until the 1970s in the Rotunda Elisenbrunnen, bronze on dark Belgian marble
St. Nepomuk fountain	Haaren, Alt-Haarener-Strasse	1997	Mario Muller	St. Nepomuk as the patron saint of bridges and against water hazards is supposed to offer protection from the flood of the Haarbach, which runs underground here .
Thermal fountain Burtscheid - market fountain	Burtscheider Market	1953	Hanns Compernaß (draft); Rita Landvogt (reliefs)	Thermal water drinking fountain (63 ° C); Ceramics , reliefs refer to the history of Burtscheid; Monument protection
Triton fountain	Kaiser-Friedrich-Allee, Aachen	around 1905	Carl Burger	original location until 1923 in front of Aachen main station ; Beginning of the open pau , monument protection
Türelüre-Lißje	Klappergasse , Aachen	1967	Hubert Loneke	Scene from an old Aachen legend, bronze and granite
Vincent Fountain	Munsterplatz, Aachen	1847	Wilhelm Josef Wings and Gottfried Götting , Architecture Friedrich Joseph Ark	formerly also called Mariensäule; consecrated to St. Vincent de Paul , neo-Gothic style, sandstone, monument protection
Water cascades	Burtscheider Market	1976		The fountain is reminiscent of the Wurmbach , which previously flowed through the village and was then laid underground in 1882
Water feature	Scheibenstrasse, Aachen		Benno Werth	Bronze, cast using the kieselguhr process
Water games (Burtscheid)	Malmedyer Strasse, Aachen-Burtscheid	1969	Philipp Anton	Stainless steel fountain; falling water makes the bowl ring
Water stairs	Hermann-Heusch-Platz, Aachen	1992/93	Benno Werth	Basalt lava and bronze; fed by the water of the Pau
Water and life	Benediktinerstraße, in front of the Schwertbad entrance, Aachen-Burtscheid	1989	Heinz Tobolla	Glass and water column, originally intended for Aachen's Lindenplatz
Water curtain	Elisengalerie, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz, Aachen	1998	Joachim Black	Water curtain on thin stainless steel chains, modeled on the hanging gardens of the Semiramis
Strong blacksmith	Jakobstrasse, Aachen	1909	Carl Burger	Legendary figure of Gertrudis Night ; Bronze, monument protection

Sculptures

designation	place	Construction year	Artist	Characteristic
Bear of Berlin	Motorway exit Madrider Ring to A544 direction Cologne	1998	Lutz Brockhaus	New creation, the previous sculpture by Karl Bobek from 1964 was weathered; 180 cm high, thus 50 cm higher than the first figure
Blue square and red point	Steinbachstrasse, at the Institute for Automotive Engineering, Aachen	1999	Dieter Wolf and students at the School of Design	Sculpture for the accompanying exhibition to EXPO 2000 , the blue square is supposed to symbolize everything living, the red dot everything man-made
Fire bull	Market place Aachen-Brand	1976	Karl-Henning Seemann	Symbol of the Brand district
Bronze statues	Intzestraße Aachen, in front of the Institute for Metallurgy	1916	Mathias Streicher	Representation of the ironworkers, monument protection
Friendship Bridge	Tempelhofer Strasse, Aachen	1986	Manfred Bredohl and artist of the World Blacksmiths Congress	stands for the international cohesion of the blacksmiths
The flute player	Corner of Steinstrasse / Hansmannstrasse, Aachen-Eilendorf	around 1920	Matthias Corr	Placed as a fountain ornament in the Elisengarten Aachen until 2008
The happy stallion	Place in front of the Aachen theater	1963	Gerhard Marcks	Symbol for the equestrian city of Aachen, bronze
The caller	Place in front of the Bundesbank branch , Römerstrasse Aachen	1986	Gerhard Marcks	Copy of the original from Bremen from 1966, depiction of a message transmitter, bronze
The devil and the market woman	Kupferstrasse, at the foot of the Lousberg , Aachen	1985; Inauguration Thursday, May 30, 1985.	Krista Löneke-Kemmerling	Aachen legend figures, bronze
The reader	Book space in the literature garden of Mayersche Buchhandlung , Buchkremerstraße, Aachen	1985	Wolf Ritz	Donated by Mayersche Buchhandlung, bronze
The seated one	Burtscheid spa gardens	1962	Heath Dobberkau	Donated by the Aachener Bank , bronze
Doemjrof	Hermann-Heusch-Platz, Aachen	1983	Hubert Loneke	As Doemjrof (= Domgraf) the Aacheners refer to the rascals / girls who lived near the cathedral; bronze
Three figures	Suermondtplatz Aachen	1987	Klaus Schmetz	Three people look past each other - a symbol of an everyday situation
Angel at the Roskapellchen	Rosstrasse, Aachen	1988	Gerhard Hensen (Atelier Bonifatius Stirnberg)	donated for the 150th anniversary of the “Roskirmes”, bronze
Duck catcher	Aachen zoo	1986	Wolfgang Binding
Donkey rider	Aachen zoo	1986	Wolfgang Binding
Owl tree	Aachen zoo		Willi Tannheimer
Eva and Borchard	Turpinstrasse, Aachen	1978	Karl Bobek	Part of a group of 48 sculptures on the subject of iron landscape and street distributed nationwide
Francis of Assisi	Aachen zoo	1996	Willi Tannheimer
Frying tongs	Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz, Aachen	1998	Peter Eisenman	Made entirely of stainless steel, used as a waiting shelter
Five horses	Forecourt at Aachen Central Station	1975	Boniface Stirnberg	Symbol for the equestrian city of Aachen, bronze
Great Aachener	Roermonder Strasse, in front of the Aachen employment office	1989	Franz Bernhard
Haarener Cross	on the Haarberg in Aachen-Haaren	1971	Paul Stollmann	15 m high steel cross on a concrete base. Replacement for a stone summit cross from 1891 that was destroyed in 1944.
Saint George	Trierer Strasse 501, in front of the Aachen Police Headquarters (until the beginning of 2019 Hubert-Wienen-Strasse)	1980	Wolfgang Binding	Made on the occasion of the inauguration of the new police headquarters building in the Soers as a symbolic patron saint of the police, bronze
In dialogue	Forecourt Missio building, Dr. Anton-Kurz-Allee, Aachen	2011	Wilhelm Senoner	Three life-size, red lacquered figures standing on square plinths; a fourth free base with the inscription: "missio / haben.leben.iegen" symbolically invites you to talk
Sweeper	Annuntiatenbach, Aachen	1973	Heinz Tobolla	Aachen original, bronze, installed in 1975
Klenkes	Holzgraben, Aachen	1970	Hubert Loneke	Reminder of the manual sorting technology used by the employees of the Aachen needle industry; today symbol for the Aachen greeting, bronze
Crucifixion group Henger Herrjotts Fott	Wirichsbongardstrasse, Aachen	1989	Boniface Stirnberg	Bronze replica of a stone crucifixion group from 1897 that was destroyed in the war
locomotive	Republic Square in front of Aachen Westbahnhof	1983	Albert Sous	made from stainless steel scrap
Girl on the wall	Theaterstrasse , Aachen	1979	Clemens Pasch	Bronze figure on natural stone
Girl plastic	Burtscheider Market	1930	Helmuth Schepp	First casting in the Suermondt Ludwig Museum , bronze
People in conversation	in front of the Templergraben university library, Aachen	1967	Heinz Tobolla	3.50 meter high replica of a 55 cm bronze sculpture by Tobolla, which was awarded two prizes at the Unesco exhibition in Monte Carlo in 1962
People and economy	in front of the Volksbank in Aachen-Verlautenheide	1979	Heinz Tobolla	Bronze sculpture
With child and cone	Trierer Strasse, Aachen-Brand		Boniface Stirnberg	Subtitle: Vür drive met de Modder noh dr Brand ; Symbol for the outing of the townspeople to riding and aviation events in the Brander Heide , bronze
clef	Roundabout Ringstrasse / Kleinheidstrasse in Aachen-Brand
Oecher Prent	Corner of Büchel-Körbergässchen, Aachen	1985	Hubert Loneke	Symbol for the Aachen Printen as a traditional pastry, donated by Leo van den Daele, bronze
Oecher tram	Oberplatz, Aachen		Boniface Stirnberg	bronze
Nameless	Back of St. Gregorius in Aachen-Steinebrück		Boniface Stirnberg	bronze
Penn soldier	Marching gate , Aachen	2007	Klaus seemed	Symbol of the former Aachen City Guard, made in Monschau , bronze
plastic	Market, Aachen-Haaren	1992	Joachim Bandau	popularly known as "God's pointing finger"
Phoenix	Schinkelstrasse in front of the Reiff Museum	1962/63	Helmuth Schepp	black polished bronze sculpture as a symbol for the rise from the ashes
Pony handler	Aachen zoo	1983	Wolfgang Binding
Umbrella ladies	Großkölnstrasse, Aachen	1974	Heinz Tobolla	Also Aachen Weather named after the actual or perceived high number of rainy days, Bronze
heron	Brückstrasse / Severinstrasse, Aachen-Eilendorf	1972	Hubert Loneke	Bronze sculpture
Equestrian wrestling	Kockerellstrasse, Aachen	1975	Karl-Henning Seemann	Icon for popular children's game, bronze
Playing horses	Entrance to the show grounds Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein Krefelder Strasse, Aachen	2006	Wolfgang Binding	Symbol for the equestrian city of Aachen, also as a small sculpture in trade, bronze
Game ship	Place in front of Mayersche Buchhandlung , Buchkremerstraße, Aachen	1979	Boniface Stirnberg	built from rot-proof stainless steel and bronze;
Stilt	Hermann-Heusch-Platz, Aachen	1983	Krista Löneke-Kemmerling	also named stilt children; bronze
Four Seasons	Hüttenstrasse, Aachen-Eilendorf, in front of the parish church of St. Barbara	1976	Peter Hodiamont	Bronze tree depicting the 4 seasons, 3 meters high
Water-scooping boy	Freihof of the day care center Kalverbenden Aachen-Burtscheid	around 1938	Alfred Pieper

Sculptures

designation	place	Construction year	Artist	Characteristic
The breakthrough	Hermann-Heusch-Platz, Aachen	1984/85	Heinz Tobolla	made from Belgian granite; The monolith is reminiscent of the division of Germany
Crucifixion group	Jakobsplatz Aachen	1893	Wilhelm Pohl and Carl Esser	created as a reminder of the old Jakobskirche Aachen
Cross sculpture	Pass road in front of Friedenskirche, Aachen	1986	Heinz Tobolla
Marian column	Rehmplatz, Aachen	1887	Wilhelm Pohl	Aachen's first religious monument, client was the entrepreneur Gerhard Rehm , design by city architect Joseph Laurent; Sandstone, monument protection

literature

Anke Schütt: Where water flows and bronze shimmers . Einhard-Verlag, Aachen 2002, ISBN 3-936342-14-8 .

Web links

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