List of monuments in Frankfurt (Oder)

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Frankfurt (Oder) has many monuments because of its long history . In addition to building , area and soil monuments and monument areas , there are many monuments in the narrower sense . However, almost as many were lost .

Bismarck column on the Great Cape Mountain in Boossen

Bismarck column on the Great Cape Mountain in Boossen

The 10 m high fire column with a square floor plan of 4 m by 4 m was built from field stones around 1915 on the initiative of the Schulz family from Boossen in honor of Otto von Bismarck . It stands southwest of Boossen on the large Kapberg, the highest elevation in what is now the urban area of ​​Frankfurt (Oder). ( Map , more photos )

Monument "Antifascist Resistance"

Monument “Antifascist Resistance”.

The monument “Antifascist Resistance” was created from granite by Arnd Wittig and inaugurated on May 8, 1986 by Mayor Fritz Krause . The group of figures is supposed to symbolize suffering and confidence and remind of the victims of fascism. Of the four people represented, one man and one woman stand upright. The man stands close behind the woman. The second group of figures consists of a person lying down, completely covered with a sheet, and a woman kneeling next to the person lying down and touching her shoulder. The standing man is three meters high. The memorial can be found on a green area on Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse at the level of Karl-Liebknect-Gymnasium. ( Map )

Monument to Heinrich von Kleist

Monument to Heinrich von Kleist.

The monument to Heinrich von Kleist is located in the park at the Sankt-Gertraud-Kirche . The bronze work created by Gottlieb Elster (1867–1917) was inaugurated on June 25, 1910. The work consists of a granite cuboid resting on a foundation with bronze reliefs on all four sides and a bronze sculpture on top.

The bronze sculpture shows a kneeling, laterally supporting young man. His gaze is directed into the distance. He is holding a lyre in his left hand. The bronze sculpture was cast by the Berlin Royal Court Art Foundry Martin and Piltzing .

The front view of the base made of light Silesian granite bears the inscription “In memory of Heinrich von Kleist” and above it a round medallion with a picture of Kleist's head. On the back there is a relief that depicts the final scene from the drama The Prince of Homburg . The Great Elector , the good Colonel Kottwitz and the Prince are highlighted . The inscription " In dust with all the enemies of Brandenburg" forms the closing words of the work. The sides of the base show reliefs with scenes from the Broken Jug and the Käthchen von Heilbronn .

In 1991 the factory was restored for 2,500 DM. Another restoration took place in 2006. In October 2008 the bronze panels of the monument were stolen. ( Map , more photos )

Memorial for Ernst Thälmann with a Thälmann bust by W. Kreisel (former Otto Strahl family grave)

Ernst Thälmann memorial

The Ernst Thälmann Memorial is located on the edge of the Kleist Park on Fürstenwalder Straße. The memorial was inaugurated on April 15, 1986, on the 100th birthday of Ernst Thälmann . For this purpose, the family grave of the factory owner Otto Strahl, created in 1858, was rededicated, in front of which a portrait bust of Ernst Thälmann was erected by the Frankfurt sculptor Walter Kreisel . ( Map , more photos )

Memorial stone for Adolf Zehme

Memorial stone for Adolf Zehme.

Adolf Zehme (1828–1880) was a city councilor and prorector of the Frankfurt high school . He was buried in the old cemetery and was also given a handsome grave monument. Today Zehmeplatz is named after him, from around 1933 to 1947 today's Mozartstrasse also bore his name. The tombstone has since been moved and is now at the Thomas-Müntzer-Hof . ( Map )

Memorial stone for Carl Wilhelm Wiecke

Memorial stone for Carl Wilhelm Wiecke

Carl Wilhelm Wiecke (born April 13, 1801; † November 21, 1880) was a teacher and writer. His grave monument is located in the former old cemetery, today's Kleistpark. From 1832 to 1869 he was the director of the secondary school in Frankfurt. In 1848 he was a member of the German National Assembly in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt . ( Map )

Memorial stone for Carl Zeitner

Memorial stone for Carl Zeitner.

Carl Zeitner (* February 4, 1822; † 1871) was a trained baker. He took part in the March fighting in 1848, worked in Russia and died as a result of the campaigns. His grave is in Kleistpark. ( Map )

Grave monument for Christian Ernst Martini

Grave monument for Christian Ernst Martini in the garden of the Kleisthaus.

The original grave monument for Christian Ernst Martini (1762–1833) was set up at Faberstrasse 7, in the garden of the former garrison school . Today the Kleist Memorial and Research Center is located in the building, but this is not where he is buried.

Martini was Heinrich von Kleist's private tutor , theologian and rector of the Frankfurt Citizens' School. ( Map )

Grave monument for Dorothee Elisabeth Krüger

Grave monument for Dorothee Elisabeth Krüger

The Frankfurt citizen Samuel Krüger, tenant of the Karthauses, had the sandstone tomb erected in the Gertraudenpark for his late wife Dorothee Elisabeth Krüger in 1786. She had died a year earlier at the age of 39. The monument was removed in 1980 for the construction of a district heating pipe. Remnants were found in a former satellite camp of the culture office at the Frankfurt cemetery. Frank Drömert, employee in the cultural office, discovered them years ago. Employees of the city's cultural office and the monument preservation department worked with those responsible from the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation to restore the monument and put it back in the park of St. Gertraudenkirche. After viewing the individual parts, the restoration began in 2012. The Berlin stone restorer Torsten Weiß worked on it for three years in his studio. In the summer of 2015, the foundation work, the base production from field stones and the reconstruction of the monument at the historic location took place. Initially, the foundation was not found at the presumed original location. Then the archaeologist Christian Matthes investigated again exactly. Then the old anchorage was found a few meters further. The new location has now been moved a few centimeters, as a large bush had grown in the meantime. The monument was inaugurated again on November 7, 2015. ( Map , more photos )

Grave monument for Ewald Christian von Kleist

Ewald-Christian-von-Kleist monument

On July 12, 1777, at the suggestion of the master, donations were collected from the chair of the Frankfurt Lodge Zum aufrichtigen Herzen for the erection of a memorial for Ewald Christian von Kleist . A sufficient sum was raised through further collections and Johann Melchior Kambly (1718–1783), a sculptor from Potsdam, was awarded the contract. The medallion on the front, which shows Kleist's face, is said to have been created by Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764–1850). Since he was just 14 years old at the time, this is rather unlikely. In 1778 the three-sided obelisk was completed, transported by ship to Frankfurt in September and erected in August. The official inauguration took place on April 9, 1780. This was the first monument in Frankfurt and the first public poet monument in Germany. In 1969 there were considerations to restore the monument and thereby erase the reference to Kleist's soldier life. This plan was not implemented. In June 1990 plasterers began to make plaster casts, after which the Frankfurt company Ferch was to make a copy of the monument. Due to the political change, the project was not brought to an end. In 1992/1993 the monument was restored after all. It is 4.76 meters high and is crowned at the top by a butterfly, which sits on a ball, as a symbol of the resurrection. ( Map , more photos )

Grave monument for Joachim Georg Darjes

Gravestone of Darjes and his wife

The tomb of Joachim Georg Darjes and his wife Marta Friderica Reichardt is in the park at the St. Gertraudkirche. The approximately 4.70 meter high sandstone factory was designed by Johann Gottfried Schadow and erected in the summer of 1796. About four meters below the pedestal are the couple's coffins in a fieldstone vault. On the front there is the inscription Joachim Georg Darjes - born the XXIII Inuius MDCCXIV - died the XVII Iulius MDCCXCI and on the left Martha Friderica Reichardt - born the XII March MDCCXXXIX - died the XXIX August MDCCXCIV . An urn made of Carraian marble rises in the center. On the urn there is a relief depicting Darjes. In the direction of his line of sight there is the statue of philosophy, which is supported with the left arm on a book. A scroll emerges from the book with the following inscription: Philosophia obiter libata a Deo abducit penitus hausta ad Deum reducit . The second woman represents charity and at the same time Marta Friderica Reichardt. Below the breast cornice, four lion sculptures hold a plait garland made of oak leaves which surrounds the tomb. ( Map , more photos )

Grave monument for Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf

To Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf (1708-1758), the confidant of Frederick the Great , recalled a grave monument in the park at St. Gertraud Church. His first burial place was in a crypt in Zernikow. In 1977 he was reburied in the hereditary burial in the cemetery.

Grave monument for organ builder Wilhelm Sauer

Gravestone of Wilhelm Sauer.

At Wilhelm Sauer , founder of the famous organ building company, his grave stone recalls the Kleist Park. The actual grave site of Sauer was not where the tombstone is located today. ( Map )

Grave site of Ernst Friedrich Gottlieb Senckel

Gravestone of Ernst Friedrich Gottlieb Senckel and his wife Emma Schüttge

The grave of pastor Ernst Friedrich Gottlieb Senckel (1836–1912) is in Hohenwalde , a district of Frankfurt. In 1906 the king awarded him the Class IV Red Eagle Order for his services in Hohenwalde . ( Map )

Karl Marx Monument

Karl Marx bust by Fritz Cremer

The Karl Marx monument with a Karl Marx bust by Fritz Cremer is located on the edge of Lennépark on Karl Marx Strasse. The inauguration took place on May 5, 1968, the 150th birthday of Marx. The inscription reads: Theory became material violence . The area around the bronze bust was designed by Arnd Wittig and Manfred Vogler ( map , more photos )

War cemeteries

There are eight war cemeteries in the city, four of which are in the main cemetery, two in the districts of Güldendorf and Lichtenberg and one each in the Soviet Union on the Anger and in Boossen.

Soviet memorial with honorary cemetery on the Anger

Soviet memorial with honorary cemetery on the Anger.

On November 7, 1947, a memorial for the fallen Soviet soldiers was inaugurated on the Anger. Made it had Theoror Peissig and set it up was of Wilhelm and Georg Furstenberg . The maintenance of the monument was neglected at the beginning of the 21st century and only repaired in 2007 in a three-week work.

A total of 380,000 euros has been estimated for a complete renovation, but it has not yet been secured. The Russian inscription read there means: Eternal memory of the soldiers of the Soviet Army who sacrificed their lives for the freedom and independence of the Soviet Union . Another inscription on the back says: Our deed is right - we have won . On the 30th anniversary of the end of the war in 1975, the facility was redesigned into an honorary grove based on designs by Manfred Vogler and Rainer Zeletzki and thus integrated into the Anger area. There are about 600 grave slabs on the area, each of which bears the names of fallen Soviet soldiers. ( Map , more photos )

Our memorial for peace

Our memorial for peace

Our memorial for peace is the memorial of the returnees who came back to Germany from prisoner-of-war camp Gronenfelde . Another inscription reads: We remind returnees! - Nations renounce hatred - Reconciliate! Serves peace in freedom - build bridges ... The memorial was erected in 1998 by the Association of Returnees, Prisoners of War and Missing Members of Germany. V. on the initiative of the VDH - Brandenburg State Association . The idea for the work came from Christian Roehl and Martin Garschke , and Roehl was responsible for the design and execution. You can find the memorial in front of the former Horn barracks , now the police headquarters in the Nuhnenstraße 40 . ( Map , more photos )

Memorial stone for Heinrich von Stephan

Memorial stone for State Secretary Heinrich von Stephan at the main post office in Frankfurt (Oder).

Heinrich von Stephan (1831–1897) was postmaster general and acquired, among other things, the property of today's post office. The officials donated a linden tree and a memorial stone in his honor. The granite boulder bears the inscription To the buyer of the property State Secretary Dr. from Stephan . Originally there were linden trees and stones on the lawn of the Postwagenhof. At the turn of the 19th / 20th In the 19th century the stone was moved in front of the post office. ( Map )

Memorial stone for the Stasi victims

Memorial stone for the Stasi victims in Robert-Havemann-Strasse

In the spring of 1990, a floor-level slab was installed in Robert-Havemann-Strasse to commemorate the victims of the GDR's state security . The district administration, with the address at that time Otto-Grotewohl-Str. 53 , the authority has its seat. The memorial stone made of red marble shows the inscription:

" Dedicated to those persecuted by the
state security, tortured and broken , new forum autumn '89"







. ( Map , more photos )

Memorial to the fallen of the First World War

Memorial to the fallen of the First World War

In front of the Sankt-Georg-Kirche there is a sculpture of the dragon slayer Georg on a column. The names of the members of the congregation who died in the First World War are engraved on the base of the honorary pillar designed by Curt Steinberg and by Paul Bronisch .

Stumbling blocks

Stumbling blocks for Max Hannemann and Herbert Jensch.

On May 8, 2006, the first seven stumbling blocks to commemorate the victims of National Socialism in Frankfurt were placed in the sidewalks. The stones are always in front of the house in which the victim last lived.

In 2016, 70 stumbling blocks had already been laid, including for Klara Alexander, Adolph Angerthal, Eugen Berlowitz, Julius Berlowitz, Margarete Berlowitz, Max Berlowitz, Dora Binger (née Schlesinger), Hermann Boian, Flora Bork, Else Boschwitz, Paul Boschwitz, Alfred Broh, Doris Broh (née Schreiber), Curtis Cassell, Edith Czerninski (née Grunert), Leo Czerninski, Dina Eisenhardt, Martin Eisenhardt, Rosa Eisenhardt (née Feibusch), Leopold Ephraim, Paul Feldner, Albert Abraham Fellert, Elsa Ruth Julie Fellert (née Luft), Kurt Martin Fellert, Lothar Max Robert Fellert, Rita Fellert, Ludwig Fürst, Rosa Fürst, Brigitte Giballe, Leo Giballe, Lydia Giballe (née Sternberg), Heinrich Gritschke, Iwan Jacob Grün, Richard Johann Guttstadt , Max Hannemann, Betty Herzberg, Lina Herzberg, Albert Hirsch, Herbert Jensch, Johanna Kahne (née Sternberg), Georg Kaiser, Margarete Kaiser, Walter Korsing, Paula Loewenstein, Johanna Löschgold (née Zuckerberg), Sally Löschgold, Hedwig Luft ( born Hey man), Moses Mamroth, Hans-Georg Marx, Ignaz Maybaum, Heinrich Miedzwinski, Alfred Neumark, Leonore Perlinski, Max Perlinski, Paul Raphael, Frieda Rau, Erna Rosenbaum, Julius Rosenbaum, Martin Salomonski, Cäcilie Schwarz, Karl Sobkowski, Ella Stein, Herta Sternberg, Julius Sternberg, Hermann Strozyna, Sophie Struck (b. Salomon) and Nissel Weissmann.

Richard Burmeister

Monument to the city forester Richard Burmeister at the Eduardspring forestry near Frankfurt (Oder).

Not far from the Eduardspring forestry there is a monument to Richard Burmeister . He was probably shot and seriously injured by a poacher on the night of March 3 to 4, 1920 . On May 17, 1920, he died in hospital from his injuries. Despite a promised reward of 3,000 marks, the perpetrator was never caught. On May 17, 1924, the memorial stone with the marble plaque was inaugurated. In her memory of the dutiful city forester Richard Burmeister is a victim of cowardly deceit * 30. Jullo 1865 † May 17, 1920 .

Heino Goepel

Memorial plaque for Heino Goepel at Marienbad II.

A memorial plaque for Heino Goepel can be found at Marienbad II in Dresdner Strasse. The plate was attached during the renovation of the bath in 1993, but it may have been there before. The ophthalmologist who lived from 1833 to 1896 and founded social institutions, including the first public bath in the city of Marienbad I , is commemorated.

"Dr. med. Heino Goepel born November 1st, 1833 died June 3rd, 1896 had worked as an ophthalmologist in our town since 1856 and was very popular because of his humanitarian efforts. Dr. Goepel donated social institutions, including the first public bath in Frankfurt-Oder. "

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Memorial stone for the synagogue

Memorial stone for the synagogue.

The synagogue of the Jewish community was burned down on the night of the pogrom in 1938 and was never rebuilt. On November 9th, 1988, Mayor Fritz Krause inaugurated a memorial stone for the synagogue. Curt Cassel, who was Frankfurt's last rabbi, also attended the inauguration. He came to Frankfurt from Great Britain to attend the dedication of the memorial stone. The memorial stone was placed next to the one near the former location of the synagogue in front of the “Stadt Frankfurt” hotel. Because the hotel was demolished and the Lenné-Passagen shopping center was rebuilt, the stone was moved to the other side of the street in 1994. The granite stone bears the inscription “This is where the Frankfurt synagogue stood, which was destroyed by the fascists in 1938. Good for the person who gains insight ”.

On the evening of November 9, 2006, after a memorial event for the pogrom night of November 9, 1938, several youths and young men rioted at the memorial stone. They tore flower arrangements from the memorial stone and threw candles on the street. When the police stepped in, some of them shouted "Sieg Heil". 16 of the rioters between the ages of 15 and 24 were provisionally arrested. The fact caused a lot of media coverage. On November 17, 2006, around 200 people demonstrated against the crime.

Web links

Commons : Memorials in Frankfurt (Oder)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

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  2. ↑ 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. 19
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Barthel: the dream of the national monument . Frankfurter Buntbücher 1, 1991, pp. 11-14
  4. ↑ a b 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. 14
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  18. ↑ Philosophy, sipped on the surface, continues from God. Drunk to the limit, it leads back to God
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  24. ↑ Russian Вечная память воинам советскои армии отдавшим жизнь за свободу и независимость СССР Photo of the inscription
  25. ↑ Russian Наше дело правое мы победили : photo of the inscription
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