List of monuments in Koblenz
This list of monuments in Koblenz is intended to provide an overview of the monuments and memorial plaques in the city of Koblenz . This list does not claim to be complete, but will be updated continuously. The monuments are arranged chronologically according to their date of installation, as far as this is known.
Monuments
designation | Location | occasion | Built/
Inaugurated |
Draft/
Artist |
image |
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Peter Altmeier Monument | On the banks of the Moselle, towards Deutsches Eck | In memory of Peter Altmeier , the former Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate | October 7, 1981, supplemented by a plaque on August 28, 1982 | Horst Schwab , Kusel | |
Baldwin monument | On the Baldwin Bridge | In memory of the Elector Baldwin of Luxembourg | August 13, 1975 | Rudi Scheuermann , Koblenz | |
Bridge monument | In the Rhine facilities , at the level of the wine village | In memory of the construction of the Pfaffendorfer Bridge | September 29, 1864, after being destroyed for the second time on May 24, 1876 | unknown | |
Fountain monument | Upper castle courtyard, Ehrenbreitstein Fortress | To rebuild the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress | 1844 | unknown | |
Memorial of the German Army | Ravelin, Ehrenbreitstein Fortress | In memory of the fallen of the First and Second World Wars | October 29, 1972 | Hans Wimmer | |
Marceau monument | French cemetery in Koblenz-Lützel | Tomb of the French revolutionary general François Séverin Marceau | October 22, 1797, demolished in May 1817, reconstruction at the current location at the end of 1818 | Peter Joseph Krahe , lion relief by Ph. Bohl | |
Pastor Kraus monument | In front of the rectory of St. Nikolaus in Koblenz-Arenberg | In memory of Pastor Johann Baptist Kraus , the founder of the Pfarrer-Kraus-Anlagen | 1930 | ||
Memorial to the Jews from Koblenz who were murdered during the Nazi era | Jewish cemetery in Koblenz-Rauental | In memory of the Jewish people in Koblenz who perished in the Holocaust | 1947 | ||
Memorial to the war dead in the city of Koblenz | Main cemetery of the city of Koblenz , former Hübeling battery | In memory of the dead in World War II | 1828–30, conversion to a memorial from 1956 | Hans Wilhelm Mutzbauer (planning) | |
Memorial to those who fell in the 1866 campaign | Koblenz-Asterstein | In memory of those who fell in the German War of 1866 | 4th July 1869 | Christian Mohr | |
Memorial to the German veterans of Napoleon's army | Main cemetery of the city of Koblenz | In memory of the dead in the Napoleonic Wars | May 5, 1843 | ||
Nikolaus-von-Kues monument | Florins Market | In memory of Nikolaus von Kues and his time in Koblenz as dean of the St. Florin Monastery | February 23, 2007 | Waldemar Kaspers sculpture workshop from Schuld (Ahr) | |
Monument to Max von Schenkendorf | In the Rhine facilities , at the level of the wine village | In memory of the patriotic poet Max von Schenkendorf | December 11, 1861. Damaged by vandalism in spring 2012, the head stolen, restored in 2013 | Johann Hartung | |
Empress Augusta Monument | In the Rhine facilities , at the level of the swan pond | In memory of Empress Augusta , the wife of Wilhelm I. | October 18, 1896 | Bruno Schmitz (monument), Karl Friedrich Moest (sculpture) | |
Kaiser Wilhelm I monument | At the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle , Deutsches Eck | Thanks to Wilhelm I for the unification of Germany | August 31, 1897
March 16, 1945 destroyed by an American artillery shell September 25, 1993 Inauguration of the reconstruction after years of extremely intensive disputes (1987 to 1993) |
Bruno Schmitz (base), Emil Hundrieser (statue)
(Reconstruction from 1993) |
|
Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I and Empress Augusta | Northern end of the former Rhine island Oberwerth | Golden wedding | June 11, 1879 | unknown | |
Barbara monument | Friedrich-Ebert-Ring, at the height of the Christ Church | In memory of the dead of the Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 8 | October 6, 1907; Demolished in 1956, rediscovered in 1982 and stored in the municipal building yard - re-erected at the end of 2014 on Friedrich-Ebert-Ring, about 350 m from the original location | Georg Schreyögg , Munich | |
Monument for the Infantry Regiment “von Goeben” No. 28 | Helfenstein, Ehrenbreitstein Fortress | In memory of the fallen soldiers of the infantry regiment "von Goeben" (2nd Rheinisches) No. 28 | Unveiled on June 15, 1935. In the course of a “monument clean-up”, the infantryman was dismantled and scrapped in the summer of 1945, with the base partially destroyed. In 1960 soldiers of the Panzer Grenadier Battalion 142 stationed in Koblenz shaped the remains of the smashed memorial into a new memorial stone in a dignified, simple form. |
Sculptor Emil Hollweg | |
Monument to Fritz Michel | Johannes-Müller-Str., Near the entrance to the Evangelisches Stift | In memory of Fritz Michel , doctor, local researcher, historian and art historian | December 1989 | Eberhard Linke | |
Johannes Müller Memorial | Jesuit Square | In memory of Johannes Peter Müller , doctor and physiologist | October 7, 1899 | Joseph Uphues , Berlin | |
Friedrich Mohr monument | Casinostraße, at the level of the Eichendorff-Gymnasium | In memory of the natural scientist Karl Friedrich Mohr | Erected on June 21, 1914 on the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring (Friedrich-Ebert-Ring), after the war it was rebuilt as a bust at the current location in Casinostraße, remains are stored in the Middle Rhine Museum | Hugo Cauer | |
Joseph Görres Monument | In the Rhine area , at the level of the castle | 150th birthday of Joseph Görres | June 24, 1928 | Richard Langer | |
Memorial for the victims of National Socialism in Koblenz | Reichensperger Platz | In memory of the victims of National Socialism | August 23, 2001 | Jürgen Waxweiler | |
Metternich owl | On the Kimmelberg in Koblenz-Metternich | Prussian war memorial | 1913 | Wilhelm Muller | |
War memorial | Aachener Strasse, corner of Alte Strasse in Koblenz-Rübenach | Prussian war memorial | 1913 | ||
Fall of the Knight Memorial | Knight fall | In memory of the Rittersturz conference of 1948 | July 8, 1978 | Rudi Scheuermann | |
Father Rhine and mother Mosel | Garden of the electoral palace | 1854 | Johann Hartung |
Memorial plaques
designation | Location | occasion | Built/
Inaugurated |
Draft/
Artist |
image |
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Memorial plaque for Friedrich Halter | Lützeler Friedhof, on the former Eskarpe of the Bubenheimer Flesche | In memory of the founder of the Koblenz Animal Welfare Association | unknown | unknown | |
Memorial plaque for Hans Wilhelm Mutzbauer | In the Rhine facilities , on the former Prussian city wall | In memory of the city gardening director 1950–1968 | unknown | unknown | |
Memorial plaque for the Elector of Trier Lieutenant Baron Arnold von Solemacher | Klausenberg Chapel | In memory of Lieutenant Baron Arnold von Solemacher, who fell in a failure in 1795, and 15 electorate hunters | 1901 | unknown | |
Memorial plaque for the victims of the air raids on Koblenz | On the plan , embedded in the pavement near the four towers | 40th anniversary of the destruction of the city in World War II | 1984 | Heinz Kassy | |
Ship bridge | In the Rhine facilities , near the government building | In memory of the Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein ship bridge 1819–1945 | 1985 | Heinz Kassy | |
Relief in memory of the destroyed Carmelite Church | BWB, corner of Rheinstrasse / Karmeliterstrasse | In memory of the destroyed Carmelite Church | Hermann Tomada | ||
Memorial plaque for Father Josef Kentenich | BWB, corner of Rheinstrasse / Karmeliterstrasse | In memory of the founder of the Schoenstatt Movement, Josef Kentenich, who was held here by the Gestapo | 1985 | Workshops of the Schoenstatt Movement | |
Memorial plaque for Detlef Becker | “Haus am Wöllershof”, 12th floor, Sparkasse Koblenz | In memory of Detlef Becker who was killed in a bank robbery | October 6, 1986 | unknown | |
Memorial plaque for bridge-building victims | South bridge | In memory of the workers who died while building the bridge | 1975 | unknown | |
Plaque commemorating the birthplace of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Rhine plants near the wine village | September 2010 | unknown | ||
Stumbling blocks | Set in various streets, see the list of stumbling blocks in Koblenz | Remembering victims of National Socialism | First installation on January 27, 2007 | Gunter Demnig | |
Memorial plaque at the Bürresheimer Hof | Bürresheimer Hof, Florinsmarkt | In memory of the synagogue located there and destroyed during the "Reichspogromnacht 1938" | 2009 | Friendship Circle Koblenz-Petah Tikva | |
Memorial stone for Sinti and Roma | Peter-Altmeier-Ufer | In memory of the Sinti and Roma who were deported from Koblenz to concentration camps and murdered there. | 1997 | unknown |
Lost, destroyed or dismantled monuments
designation | Location | occasion | Built/
Inaugurated |
Draft/
Artist |
Whereabouts | image |
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Memorial plaque for Heinrich Lommatzsch | Feste Franz until 1921, later in the Lützeler Volkspark , at the Reduit of the Bubenheimer Flesche | In memory of the lieutenant who fell on April 18, 1864 at the Düppeler Schanzen | unknown | unknown | lost after 1969 | |
"The watch on the Rhine" | Rheinanlagen , near the Pfaffendorfer Bridge | In memory of the war of 1870/71 | 1881 | unknown | Canceled November 1919 | |
Memorial plaque for Karl Baedeker | Rheinstrasse 25 | 50th anniversary of Karl Baedeker's death | 4th October 1909 | unknown | The house on Rheinstrasse was destroyed in an air raid in 1944 | |
Goeben monument | Goebenplatz (today Joseph-Görres-Platz) | In memory of the winner of the Battle of Saint-Quentin in the Franco-German War, the Prussian General August Karl von Goeben | September 26, 1884 | Fritz Schaper | Dismantled after the Second World War, the statue has been in the Gneisenau barracks since December 1960 and in the Falckenstein barracks since 2006 . | |
Memorial plaque for Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner | In the courtyard of the house at Kastorpfaffengasse No. 4 | In memory of the composer and conductor | unknown | unknown | lost after 1945 | |
Memorial of the German Wine | Rheinanlagen , near the wine village | Reich Exhibition of German Wine from August 8 to September 13, 1925 | unknown | Josef Henselmann | destroyed in war | |
Memorial plaque for Hermann Stegemann | Friedrichstrasse 42 | In memory of the historian Hermann Stegemann who was born in Koblenz | May 30, 1930 | unknown | destroyed in war | |
Pioneer memorial stone | In the (old) Falckenstein barracks, from 1939 in the Rheinanlagen | In memory of the 1st Rhenish Pioneer Battalion No. 8 | May 18, 1935 | Carl Burger , Mayen | lost after 1945 | |
Commemorative plaque of the voluntary labor service | Lützeler Volkspark , at the reduit of the Bubenheimer Flesche | As a reminder of the work done by the labor service to build the people's park | June 13, 1936 | unknown | lost after 1969 | |
Heroes memorial of the Lützel gymnastics club | Lützeler Volkspark , probably in the former moat | In memory of the dead of the First World War of the Lützel gymnastics club | 11/18/1936 | Wilhelm Tophinke (sculpture of the dead warrior ) | unknown. Destroyed in the war or dismantled afterwards | |
Memorial stone with hero's portrait | Former Bienhornschanze , today in the Asterstein district | In memory of the dead Pfaffendorfer soldiers of the First World War | 11/29/1937 | Sculptor Pabst, Cologne | eliminated after 1946 | |
Monument to the fallen 1914/18 | exact location unknown | 1919 | Wilhelm Wandschneider | Proof in the directory of the Lauchhammer art foundry and in the artist's catalog raisonné |
literature
- Helmut Kampmann: When stones speak. Memorial plaques and memorial plaques in Koblenz. Fuck-Verlag, Koblenz 1992, ISBN 3-9803142-0-0
- Peter Kleber / Matthias Kellermann: Tombs and monuments on the Petersberg in Koblenz-Lützel , in: Feste Kaiser Franz. On the history of the fortress and the Feste Franz system in Koblenz-Lützel. Festschrift for the 10th anniversary Feste Kaiser Franz eV, ed. von Feste Kaiser Franz eV, Koblenz 2008, pp. 99-106, ISBN 978-3-934795-55-6 .