List of monuments in Krefeld

Monuments in the city center

Count Hermann von Neuenahr-Moer's statue

Count Hermann von Neuenahr-Moer's statue
Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	Count Hermann von Neuenahr and Moers
Origin location:	Next to the main portal of the old church in Krefeld
Current location:	received at the site
Draft:
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Curt Beckmann
Used material:	basalt
Initiator, founder or client:
Financing:
Date of unveiling / inauguration
Dedication inscriptions:
Other remarks:

Otto von Bismarck statue

Otto von Bismarck statue
Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	Chancellor Otto von Bismarck
Origin location:	Bismarckstrasse
Current location:	Bismarckplatz
Fate or fate / current state:	The statue was melted down in 1940 to extract material. During the clean-up work after the Second World War, the trench in the middle of Bismarckstrasse was filled with rubble and debris. The empty plinth was also buried. Rediscovered during earthworks by the Deutsche Bundespost, it was then dug up again and erected again in 1987 on Bismarckplatz without a substructure.
Draft:	Sculptor Gustav Eberlein
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Step substructure: Granite grinding shop Wölffel & Herold, Bayreuth Base: Granite grinding shop Wölffel & Herold, Bayreuth Still picture: Aktiengesellschaft formerly Hermann Gladenbeck & Sohn, Friedrichshagen b. Berlin
Used material:	Step substructure: gray-black syenite Base: red Swedish granite Still image: cast bronze
Initiator, founder or client:	Citizenship of the city of Krefeld
Financing:	Collections of voluntary donations
Date of unveiling / inauguration	Sunday, March 31, 1895, the day before Bismarck's birthday, in the presence of 28 warrior associations, 28 civil associations, 20 choirs and 21 music bands, first and foremost the musicians from the 16th Infantry Regiment
Dedication inscriptions:	?
Other remarks:	A metal plate with the inscription is embedded in the pavement in front of the base: Erected by the city of Krefeld in 1895. The bronze figure for the extraction of war material cleared by the National Socialists in 1940. The remains of the memorial buried after 1963. Base found again and erected in 1987. Listed as a historical monument in 1996 - as a painful memory of ours History. Krefeld Monument Foundation. Trustee German Foundation for Monument Protection. Figure 2 shows Bismarckplatz with a monument in the background around 1925.

War memorial 1870/71

War memorial 1870/71
Monument type:	War memorial with a Germania statue on the base
Dedication:	unknown
Origin location:	Friedrichsplatz
Fate or fate / current state:	Dismantled for metal donation during the Second World War, Germania was only melted down after the end of the war.
Draft:	Sculptor Heinrich Walger , Berlin
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Step substructure: -? - Base: -? - Adler, allegorical accessories, Germania statue: Aktiengesellschaft formerly Hermann Gladenbeck & Sohn, Friedrichshagen b. Berlin
Used material:	Foundation plate: sandstone Step substructure: polished dark green porphyry granite Base: -? - Germania statue: cast bronze
Initiator, founder or client:	Citizenship of the city of Krefeld
Date of unveiling / inauguration	June 19, 1875
Dedication inscriptions:	Their sons who died in 1870/71 the city of Crefeld and the 4th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 17th

De Greiff column

De Greiff column
Dedication:	Cornelius de Greiff , one of the greatest patrons and benefactors of the city of Krefeld.
Origin location:	Ostwall at the level of the Dampfmühlenweg
Current location:	Construction yard of the city of Krefeld
Fate or fate / current state:	The column was badly damaged in an Allied air raid on Krefeld during World War II and overturned. It was removed by the city administration and deposited in the municipal building yard. It is still there today; its restoration is still pending.
Draft:	Julius Moser

Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt Monument

Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt Monument
Dedication:	Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt
Origin location:	East wall
Current location:	Leyentalstrasse
Fate or fate / current state:	The bronze figurative representations on the base were dismantled for metal extraction during World War II. The remains of the monument were "hidden" in a little-noticed corner of Krefeld.
Draft:	Sculptor Gustav Rutz , Düsseldorf
Used material:	Relief, allegorical figures: cast bronze
Initiator, founder or client:	Citizenship of the city of Krefeld
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1905
Dedication inscriptions:	The energetic sponsor of charity and popular education to the loyal friend of the fatherland (1827–1901). Erected in 1905 by his fellow citizens and friends.

King-Friedrich-II-the-Great-statue

King-Friedrich-II-the-Great-statue
Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	King Friedrich II of Prussia
Origin location:	Nauenweg, in the beer garden of the restaurant "Alter Fritz", owner: Fritz von Kempen
Fate or fate / current state:	lost
Draft:	unknown
Initiator, founder or client:	Fritz von Kempen (?)
Date of unveiling / inauguration	unknown
Dedication inscriptions:	unknown

Kaiser Wilhelm I statues

Kaiser Wilhelm I statue
Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Origin location:	in the stairwell of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum
Current location:	Karlplatz, next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (north side)
Fate or fate / current state:	permanently exposed to the weather; often smeared
Draft:	Sculptor Gustav Eberlein, Berlin
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Still image: Gustav Eberlein sculptor's studio, Berlin
Used material:	Base: gray marble Still image: Lasa marble
Initiator, founder or client:	Committee for the erection of a Kaiser Wilhelm monument
Date of unveiling / inauguration	Inauguration of the museum: September 5, 1899 (no separate unveiling of the monument)
Dedication inscriptions:	?

Kaiser Wilhelm I statue
Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Origin location:	City garden on St.-Anton-Straße
Fate or fate / current state:	During the Second World War, the memorial was partially destroyed by bombs, and in 1950 the remains were removed.
Draft:	Joseph Ossendorf
Used material:	Still image: cast bronze
Initiator, founder or client:	Warrior Association of the City and District of Crefeld
Date of unveiling / inauguration	June 27, 1880 (while the emperor was still alive)
Dedication inscriptions:	Sr. Majesty to the most gracious Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, Wilhelm, the glorious leader in the years 1848 and 1849, dedicated by the warriors' association of the city and district of Crefeld
Other remarks:	In 1863 there was a scandal when King Wilhelm I visited Krefeld. Except for the members of the Prussian Association, most of the Krefelders refused to give the king the usual honors and simply stayed at home. When this monument was to be erected for him in 1870 (?), Wilhelm, who had not forgotten the insult, demanded that he turn his back on the city.

Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial
Monument type:	?
Dedication:	In memory of Napoleon's soldiers who returned from Krefeld
Origin location:	Stadtgarten (cemetery grounds until 1879) on St.-Anton-Straße
Current location:	received at the site
Fate or fate / current state:	?
Draft:	Friedrich von Schmidt (master builder Cologne)
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	? Step substructure: Base:
Used material:	Sandstone, approx. 4 m high
Initiator, founder or client:	Veterans club
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	August 18, 1852
Dedication inscriptions:	“In memory of the warriors of the city and the district of Crefeld who returned from Napoleon's armies. Erected on August 18, 1852. " The names of the 123 warriors who returned from Napoleon's armies are also engraved with the year of their death.
Other remarks:	Inscriptions are e.g. Partly illegible, fence and monument in poor condition.

Carl Wilhelm Monument

Dedication:	Carl Wilhelm
Origin location:	East wall
Another location:	Corner of Jungfernweg / Dampfmühlenweg
Current location:	City garden on St.-Anton-Straße
Draft:	Bronze bust, 1877: Heinrich Walger Copy of the bust in ceramic, 1953: Peter Bertlings
Used material:	Sandstone plinth, polished marble pillar
Initiator, founder or client:	City of Krefeld and friends
Unveiling / inauguration date:	September 2, 1877
Dedication inscriptions:	CARL WILHELM TO THE ENJOYED SOUND POET PATERNAL SONGS THE SAENGER DER WACHT AM RHEIN HIS FRIENDS and BIRTHS. SCHMALKALDEN 5 SEPT. 1850, LIVED AND WORKED IN CREFELD 1840–1855
Other remarks:	The original bronze bust is in the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

Hussar memorial

Hussar memorial
Monument type:
Dedication:	Regimental monument 1914–1918 of the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11 (popularly called " Krefeld Tanzhusaren ")
Origin location:	Grafschaftsplatz on Hohenzollernallee
Current location:	received at the site
Fate or fate / current state:
Draft:	Architect Gotthold Nestler , Düsseldorf Sculptor Walther Wolff
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	?
Used material:	Step substructure, base: shell limestone Still image: cast bronze
Initiator, founder or client:	Officers' association of the former hussar regiment
Unveiling / inauguration date:	June 2, 1929
Dedication inscriptions:	"OURS / FALLEN / 1914-18-29"

Kaiser Friedrich Monument

Dedication:	Emperor Friedrich III.
Origin location:	"Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain" on Steckendorfer Strasse
Fate or fate / current state:	During the Second World War, the park was badly damaged by several heavy bombs. A large explosive bomb left a huge funnel in the middle of the rather small, but densely planted park area. This area is still only covered with a meadow. The whereabouts of the bronze bust is unclear, it is considered lost. Since it was not officially handed in for melting down, it is believed that it was stolen in the post-war chaos.
Draft:	Temple: Architect Hugo Lechmig , Krefeld Bust:?
Unveiling / inauguration date:	April 3, 1915
Other remarks:	The pictures show the temple as well as the empty base inside, on which the bronze bust stood until 1945. The building is in dire need of renovation.

Nymph in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain

Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	?
Origin location:	Kaiser-Friedrich-Hain
Fate or fate / current state:	During the Second World War, the park was badly damaged by several heavy bombs, and the statue of the nymph probably too.
Draft:	?
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	?
Used material:	?
Initiator, founder or client:	?
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	?
Dedication inscriptions:	?
Other remarks:	Picture from around 1910

Weaver monument

Dedication:	The Krefeld silk weavers
Origin location:	Südwall near Hochstraße
Current location:	Ostwall and Südwall
Draft:	Johannes Stiegemann
Initiator, founder or client:	Donated by the Beautification Association in 1910
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1911
Other remarks:	The pictures show the monument around 1920 and 2007. A typical weaver's room is shown as a relief on the plate in the base. In the Krefeld vernacular this monument is also called "Master Ponzelaer" .

Helmut von Moltke monument

Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	Field Marshal General Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke
Origin location:	East wall
Fate or fate / current state:	In 1940 the metal parts were dismantled and handed over to be melted down. The base was removed after 1945 for traffic reasons.
Draft:	Sculptor Wilhelm Albermann , Cologne
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Step substructure: Granite grinding shop Wölffel & Herold, Bayreuth Base: Granite grinding shop Wölffel & Herold, Bayreuth Still picture: Aktiengesellschaft formerly Hermann Gladenbeck & Sohn, Friedrichshagen b. Berlin
Used material:	Still image: cast bronze
Unveiling / inauguration date:	April 24, 1897
Dedication inscriptions:	?

Marian column, Marienbrunnen Dionysiusplatz

Monument type:	pillar
Dedication:	Holy Maria
Origin location:	Dionysiusplatz
Current location:	received at the site
Draft:	Architect ME Schneiders, Krefeld City Building Office Sculptor Wilhelm Ohly , Munich
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Still image: Brandstetter foundry , Munich
Used material:	Bronze casting
Initiator, founder or client:	Monument committee chaired by dean Monsignore Flecken collected donations from the citizenry.
Unveiling / inauguration date:	July 23, 1922
Dedication:	Two octagonal well basins rise on a base, the larger one bears the following inscription: ERECTED AFTER THE WORLD WAR 1914/1918 IN 1922 BY THE CATHOLICS CREFELDS PEACE QUEEN BITT 'FOR US THE MANY WATERS OF THE TRUEBSAL COULD NOT ELIMINATE THE LOVE FOR YOU O MARIA

Synagogue monument

Origin location:	Market street
Current location:	received at the site
Dedication inscriptions:	THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF KREFELD FROM THE YEAR 1903 STANDS NEAR THIS MEMORIAL. HUMAN DISPENSING WILL DESTROYED IT IN THE “REICHSKRISTALLNACHT” ON NOVEMBER 9, 1938.

Warrior Memorial

War memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Krefeld gymnastics club in 1855
Monument type:	Erratic block with a writing plate in front of it
Dedication:	Our fallen
Origin location:	Moerser Strasse at house number 40 (House Blumental)
Current location:	received at the site
Fate or fate / current state:	Stone and writing plate preserved
Draft:
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):
Used material:	Boulder block made of brown coal sandstone, writing plate made of sandstone. The brown coal sandstone was found in the Wankumer Heide and weighs about 160 hundredweight.
Initiator, founder or client:	Krefeld gymnastics club 1855
Financing:
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1930/1931
Dedication inscriptions:	Writing plate: OUR FALLEN, heraldic shield in the octagon, left a K, right a 55, right and left. Oak leaves
Other remarks:	The boulder and not the plaque is the memorial stone of the Krefeld Gymnastics Club in 1855. The Krefeld Gymnastics Club merged with VfL Prussia in 1895 to form today's KTSV Preußen Krefeld 1855. The plaque could be rededicated following the merger.

Memorial of the Free Butchers' Guild

Cenotaph of the butchers' guild
Monument type:	Cenotaph with a falling soldier (military coat and rifle) on a base. The dedication plaque bears the Krefeld butchers logo in the middle: a sacrificial lamb.
Dedication:	The 32 members of the Free Butchers' Guild who perished in the First World War. The list of names was built into the base of a document.		Origin location:	on the grounds of the municipal slaughterhouse
Fate or fate / current state:	After the Second World War, the years 1939 - 1945 were added. Monument on the spot, near Kufa, surroundings neglected.
Draft:	Sculptor Wilhelm Röttges , Krefeld
Used material:	Clinker brick base Figure of the falling warrior made of shell limestone Enclosed by an "artistically crafted" iron grille
Initiator, founder or client:	Free butchers' guild Krefeld
Unveiling / inauguration date:	October 22, 1933 for the 50th anniversary of the butchers' guild
Dedication inscriptions:	THEY FALLEN IN 1914 1918 THE FREE FLEISHER 'S GUIDE KREFELD

Madonna figure with bronze plate

Cenotaph of the Madonna with bronze plate
Monument type:	Cenotaph with a figure of the Madonna on a brick base
Dedication:	The fallen (probably of the First World War) of the Young Men’s Congregation Liebfrauen
Origin location:	in the Liebfrauenkirche?
Fate or fate / current state:	East side in the garden of the Liebfrauenkirche
Draft:	?
Used material:	Clinker brick base Figure of the Madonna made of shell limestone The church garden is enclosed by an iron grille
Initiator, founder or client:
Unveiling / inauguration date:	?
Dedication inscriptions:	THE FALLEN OF THE YOUTH CONGREGATION OF LOVERS

Monuments on sports fields

athlete

athlete
Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	For the 50th anniversary of the Krefeld gymnastics club in 1905
Origin location:	House Blumental
Current location:	Originally in front of the entrance on a green area. Empty plinth on Haus Blumental today on the right in front of the house, memorial with a new plinth on the Hubert-Houben arena, roll call path.
Draft:
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Bronze cast Förster-Kracht, Düsseldorf
Used material:	Bronze on a brick base
Initiator, founder or client:	The women of the club
Financing:
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1905
Dedication inscriptions:	FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, THE WOMEN & VIRGINS OF THE KREFELDER TURNING CLUB.
Other remarks:

Memorial of the KFK Prussia 1895

Memorial of the KFK Prussia
Monument type:	Stele (pillar) with Prussian eagle
Dedication:	the fallen of the club
Origin location:	"In the green grove at the entrance to the clubhouse" - where was that?
Current location:	?
Fate or fate / current state:	lost
Draft:	Architect Hugo Lechmig, Krefeld
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	?
Used material:	Stele in dark clinker bricks with four ceramic writing tablets, crowned by a Prussian eagle in glazed ceramic
Initiator, founder or client:	KFK Prussia 1895
Financing:	?
Unveiling / inauguration date:	October 12, 1930
Dedication inscriptions:	The four plaques bore the names of the 48 fallen members (out of a total of 150) of the association.
Other remarks:

Marathon runner 1

Marathon runner
Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	Marathon runners as an Olympic monument. In memory of the first marathon run at the modern Olympic Games in Athens (Greece) in 1896.
Origin location:	two identical plants are set up: Gladbacher Strasse sports field and Grotenburg-Kampfbahn
Current location:	District sports facility Gladbacher Strasse
Draft:	Prof. Max Kruse , Berlin
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Gladenbeck GmbH Berlin
Used material:	Bronze on a brick base
Initiator, founder or client:	Deutsche Edelstahlwerke AG
Financing:
Date of unveiling / inauguration	January 17, 1936
Dedication inscriptions:	NENIKHKAMEN
Other remarks:	The messenger of victory from Marathon - rejoice, we have won

Marathon runner 2

Marathon runner
Monument type:	freeze frame
Dedication:	Marathon runners as an Olympic monument. In memory of the first marathon run at the modern Olympic Games in Athens (Greece) in 1896.
Origin location:	two identical plants are set up: Gladbacher Strasse sports field and Grotenburg-Kampfbahn
Current location:	Hubert-Houben Kampfbahn, roll call path.
Draft:	Prof. Max Kruse , Berlin
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):
Used material:	Bronze on a brick base
Initiator, founder or client:	Deutsche Edelstahlwerke AG
Financing:
Date of unveiling / inauguration	January 17, 1936
Dedication inscriptions:	MARATHON
Other remarks:

Memorial stone HFC

Memorial stone HFC
Dedication:	HFC OUR DEAD
Origin location:	Hegmannsloch Hüls sports complex
Current location:	available on site
Fate or fate / current state:	Large boulder block with bronze letters and logo in a small green area on the square. The HFC (Hülser football club) merged with the Hülser sports club (HSV) in 1981. Since then, HSV has leased the site until 2024.
Draft:

Main cemetery

Memorial for the victims of both world wars

Memorial for the victims of both world wars
Monument type:	Monumental work
Dedication:	The fallen
Origin location:	Krefeld main cemetery
Current location:	received at the site
Fate or fate / current state:
Draft:	Architect Hugo Lechmig, Krefeld
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	?
Used material:	Shell limestone
Initiator, founder or client:
Financing:	?
Unveiling / inauguration date:	Memorial Day 1930
Dedication inscriptions:	THE FALLEN HONOR AND THANKS, on the reverse: 1914 + 1918
Other remarks:	The work was originally erected as a war memorial on the Krefeld Ehrenfriedhof.

Memorial for the deceased forced laborers 1941–1945

Memorial for the deceased forced laborers 1941–1945
Monument type:
Dedication:	The deceased forced laborers
Origin location:	Krefeld main cemetery, "old part"
Current location:
Draft:	Frank Joergens
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):
Used material:	Concrete with writing plate
Initiator, founder or client:
Financing:
Unveiling / inauguration date:	February 21, 1988
Dedication inscriptions:	IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF NATIONAL SOCIALIST TERROR WHO DYED AS FORCED LABOR IN OUR CITY . YOUR DEATH IS A MANNING TO US
Other remarks:

Memorial to the victims of the bombing war

Dedication:	Victims of the bombing war
Origin location:	Krefeld main cemetery
Fate or fate / current state:	received at the place
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Will roar
Used material:	Stainless steel on a natural stone base
Initiator, founder or client:	?
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	September 1988
Dedication inscriptions:	THE VICTIMS OF THE BOMB WAR 1940-1945

Memorial to the victims of the concentration camp

Memorial to the victims of the concentration camp
Monument type:
Dedication:	The victims of the concentration camps
Origin location:	Main cemetery Krefeld "New" part
Current location:
Draft:
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):
Used material:	Granite stone
Initiator, founder or client:
Financing:
Date of unveiling / inauguration
Dedication inscriptions:	In front of the memorial is engraved in the base plates: IN HONORED MEMORIAL OF THE FAMILIARIES WHO RESISTED THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST REGULATION OF VIOLENCE AND HAD TO LIVE THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR FREEDOM AND RESISTANCE .
Other remarks:	The urns of the following people were buried here: Johann Baumann (Dachau concentration camp), Josef Birgels (Dachau concentration camp), Johann Düle (Dachau concentration camp), Katharina Dollbaum (Auschwitz concentration camp), Joseph Driessen (Dachau concentration camp), Heinrich Hackenbroich (Buchenwald concentration camp), Heinrich Hitzler (Sachsenhausen concentration camp), Elly Kessels (Auschwitz Concentration Camp), Walter Laurentius (Dachau Concentration Camp), Karl Lifters (Dachau Concentration Camp), Mathilde Pegels (Auschwitz Concentration Camp), Peter Pohlen (Dachau Concentration Camp), Paul Prison (Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp), Wilhelm Raades (Buchenwald Concentration Camp), Wilhelm Schaages (Dachau concentration camp), Friedrich Thissen (Buchenwald concentration camp), Auguste Trips (Ravensbrück concentration camp), Erich Weinberger (Dachau concentration camp). The following people are also thought of: Peter Adams (Langenholthausen), Hans Amend (Lüttringhausen prison), Werner Barkholt (Dachau concentration camp), Paula Billstein (after Lichtenburg concentration camp), Hans Böckling (Düsseldorf prison), Dr. Jacob Bungart (Düsseldorf prison), Friedrich Ferlings (Sachsenhausen concentration camp), Hans Funger (Celle prison), Karl Henning (Buchenwald concentration camp), Karl Hülser (Sachsenhausen concentration camp), Willi Jans (Dachau concentration camp), Ewald Jansen (Anrath prison), Franz Kammen (Lüttringhausen prison), Peter Kersten (Buchenwald concentration camp), Josef Klais (Lüttringhausen prison), Karl Krahwinkel (Buchenwald concentration camp), Hans Labey (Sachsenhausen concentration camp), Friedrich Lewerentz (Sachsenhausen concentration camp / Bergen-Belsen concentration camp), Josef Mahler (prison Düsseldorf), Johann Nolden (Stutthof concentration camp), Dr. Karl Wegerhoff (Essen prison), Heinrich Zöhren (Dachau concentration camp) and Heinrich Plum (after Buchenwald concentration camp).

Monuments in Krefeld-Forstwald

Battle memorial 1758

Dedication:	in memory of the Battle of Krefeld on June 23, 1758 with a relief medallion of Prince Ferdinand of Braunschweig on the front of the column. The monument is crowned by an eagle with outspread wings.
Origin location:	Hückelsmay, on Gladbacher Strasse
Another location:
Current location:
Fate or fate / current state:
Draft:	Sculptor Adam Rützel , Krefeld
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):
Initiator, founder or client:	Landwehr associations from Crefeld, Viersen, St. Tönis, Anrath and Hüls
Date of unveiling / inauguration
Dedication inscriptions:	Duke Ferdinand of Braunschweig, / Royal Prussian general of the infantry, / defeated here on June 23, 1758 / with 33,000 allied Prussians / Hanoverians, Brunswick and Hesse / Prince Louis von Bourbon-Condé, / Count of Clermont with 47,000 French.

Monuments in Krefeld-Hüls

Johannes Junkers Monument (with relief)

Johannes Junkers Monument (with relief)
Monument type:	Pyramid made of boulder blocks
Dedication:	Johannes Junkers, founder of the Krefeld Wanderbund, rededicated for Ehrenbaas Eugen Vogelsang
Origin location:	on the Hülser Berg, at the Bergschänke
Current location:	received at the site
Fate or fate / current state:
Draft:	Sculptor Rudolf Maison
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	?
Used material:	Bronze casting
Initiator, founder or client:	Krefeld hiking association
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1900
Dedication inscriptions:	JOHANN JUNKERS / HIS FOUNDER / DEDICATED BY / KREFELDER HEIMATBUND / 1900
Other remarks:

Reich Chancellor Bismarck Monument (with relief)

Origin location:	Hülser Berg, Am Rennstieg 3, in a private garden
Current location:	received at the site
Draft:	Arthur Winkler
Used material:	imitation rock with bronze portrait
Unveiling / inauguration date:	1902
Dedication inscriptions:	"BISMARCK / DES DEUTSCHEN / REICHES SCHMIED"
Other remarks:	The monument is in dire need of restoration.

War memorial 1866 and 1870/71

Dedication:	The fallen soldiers 1866, 1870/71
Origin location:	Green area on Rektoratsstrasse
Current location:	received at the site
Fate or fate / current state:	Monument is in good condition. An iron grating that originally existed has been removed. The bronze figure of a dying warrior at the foot of the monument was melted down during World War II.
Draft:	Oskar Bodin , Steglitz
Used material:	Figure, relief, eagle: cast bronze
Initiator, founder or client:	Guard Association Hüls
Date of unveiling / inauguration	September 16, 1906
Dedication inscriptions:	“Heroes died for the fatherland in 1866 Ant. Everything Gottfr. v. Boiler conr. Stegmanns 1870/71 Jos. Husens Jos. Salmons Heinr. Weck PH Lickes "

Memorial to those who fell in the war 1914-18

Monument type:	Monument placed on a hill with a sacrificial stone and surrounded by 24 individual stones shaped as a cross with the names and years of death of the fallen soldiers from Hüls
Origin location:	Green area at Hölschen Dyk on an island in the Königspark
Current location:	received at the site
Draft:	Architect Franz Brantzky , Cologne
Used material:	basalt
Initiator, founder or client:	Initiator: Artillery Association Hüls
Financing:	through voluntary donations
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1931
Dedication inscriptions:	"THE HEROES OF HUELS 1914–1918" (inscription on the cornice)

Hinterorbroich war memorial

Dedication:	The fallen soldiers 1864, 1866, 1870/71
Origin location:	Hinterorbroich, crossroads at house no.7
Current location:	received at the site
Initiator, founder or client:	Orbroich Warrior Association
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1883
Dedication inscriptions:	“Grateful memory of the brave fighters 1864 1866 1870–1871 and the heroic sons of the Orbroichers who will never forget you. The heroic deaths of 1870–1871 Theodor Mühlenhaus, Heinrich Nellessen. As a result of the war, Konrad Haus Major died in 1883 "

War memorial 1914–1918 of the cement factory Carstanjen & Cie.

Monument type:	War memorial for the employees of the cement goods factory Carstanjen & Cie. Who died in the First World War . (Duisburg), dedicated to the employees who died in 1939–1945
Dedication:	The fallen 1914–1918 and 1939–1945
Origin location:	Talring near house no. 49 / "Schlufftrasse"
Current location:	get there
Fate or fate / current state:	?
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	(probably manufactured by Carstanjen & Cie.)
Used material:	Artificial stone
Initiator, founder or client:	Cement goods factory Carstanjen & Cie.
Unveiling / inauguration date:	early 1920s
Dedication inscriptions:	Bronze letters on the upper edge: OUR FALLEN / IN FAITHFUL MEMORY on the (new) inscription plaque: 1914–1918 / 1939-1945 at the foot of the monument: DUISBURGER CEMENTWARE FACTORY CARSTANJEN CIE / DUISBURG - HÜLSERBERG PLANT.
Other remarks:	The immediate surroundings of the monument were "adapted" to the style of the time with modern concrete paving stones. Dismantling is recommended.

Pottbaker memorial

Origin location:	Convent Square
Another location:
Current location:
Fate or fate / current state:
Draft:	Sculptor Prof. Theo Akkermann (1930)
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):
Used material:	Base - natural stone reliefs - terracotta tiles
Initiator, founder or client:
Date of unveiling / inauguration
Dedication inscriptions:	1981 ESTABLISHED BY THE HÜLS HEIMATVEREIN

Heinrich Mertens memorial stone

Monument type:	Memorial stone
Dedication:	Heinrich Mertens
Origin location:	Hülser Berg, path between Talring and Eremitenquelle (Heinrich Mertens Weg)
Current location:	get here
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	?
Used material:	Erratic block on a brick base
Initiator, founder or client:	Linker Niederrhein Association ??
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	before WW 2
Dedication inscriptions:	Heinrich Mertens
Other remarks:	Heinrich Mertens was a teacher and a promoter of youth hiking, he also wanted to inspire young people who had left school for their love of nature. In 1928 he was a co-founder of the Linker Niederrhein Association (now the Niederrhein Association ).

Erratic block with inscription

Monument type:	Boulder
Dedication:	?
Origin location:	Hülser Berg, on a forest path
Current location:	received at the site
Used material:	Erratic stone with inscription
Initiator, founder or client:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	?
Dedication inscriptions:	two crosses at a distance, text between them no longer recognizable. then: me and some comrades…. Reinher…. then sideways: 1924 1944
Other remarks:	The environment is not appropriate for the stone and something should be organized.

Herbert Casemir memorial stone

Herbert Casemir memorial stone
Monument type:	Boulder
Dedication:	In memory of the spider researcher Herbert Casemir
Origin location:	Hülser Bruch , Falkenbergsdyk
Current location:	received at the place
Fate or fate / current state:
Draft:
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Erratic block with inscription
Used material:
Initiator, founder or client:	Naturschutzbund (NABU) Krefeld-Viersen
Financing:	donate
Date of unveiling / inauguration	Saturday June 29, 1996
Dedication inscriptions:	HERBERT CASEMIR 1905-1990 KREFELDER SPIDER EXPLORER
Other remarks:

Monuments in Krefeld-Inrath

Angel of Peace "van't Ennert"

Dedication:	Memorial to commemorate the dead of World War II
Origin location:	small park on Hülser Strasse
Current location:	received at the site
Draft:	Prof. Theo Akkermann
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Schnitzler foundry, Frechen
Used material:	Bronze sculpture on a base
Initiator, founder or client:	VDK Krefeld-Nord, August Rundholz
Financing:	Donations Inrath associations, companies and citizens, Prof. Akkermann waived a fee
Date of unveiling / inauguration	November 25, 1962
Dedication inscriptions:	"In memory of the dead - in remembrance of the living"

Monuments in Krefeld-Uerdingen

Emperor Friedrich III. Fountain

Monument type:	Fountain
Dedication:	Emperor Friedrich III.
Origin location:	Marketplace
Fate or fate / current state:	Was demolished for the construction of an air raid shelter.
Draft:	Sculptor Gustav Rutz
Initiator, founder or client:	Mayor Aldehoff
Financing:	Donations from the citizens of Uerdingen

Kaiser Wilhelm I and war memorial 1870/71

Monument type:	Kaiser Wilhelm I monument; also war memorial 1870/71
Draft:	Sculptor Gelix Görling , Friedrichshagen b. Berlin
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Step substructure: -? - Base: Nütten & Co, Düsseldorf Still picture: Aktiengesellschaft formerly Hermann Gladenbeck & Sohn, Friedrichshagen b. Berlin
Material:	Step substructure: -? - Base: polished black syenite Still picture: Aktiengesellschaft formerly Hermann Gladenbeck & Sohn, Friedrichshagen b. Berlin
Dedication:	on the front of the base:    WILHELM I. on the back:    Dedicated to your hometown by Heinrich Mauritz and Frau Emilie geb. Thickness 1887 .
Origin location:	Rhine dam
Fate or fate / current state:	The statue was melted down, the base destroyed by an aerial mine.
Initiator, founder or client:	Kommerzienrat Heinrich Mauritz
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1889 - An unveiling ceremony was not held due to the illness of the founder's wife.
Remarks:	The still image was a catalog item from Gladenbeck AG. Still images based on the same model were sold to Berlin-Schöneberg , Berlin-Johannisthal , Berlin-Weissensee , Bochum-Westenfeld , Grünberg / Silesia , Lüneburg and Oschersleben .

Memorial "the sower"

Memorial "the sower"
Monument type:	Cenotaph with a statue
Dedication:	dedicated to the Uerdingen who fell in the First World War
Origin location:	Wall garden
Current location:	received at the site
Fate or fate / current state:
Draft:	Sculptor Peter Stammen
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Bronze image foundry Bischoff Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
Used material:	Bronze casting
Initiator, founder or client:	?
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	around 1930
Dedication inscriptions:	YOUR FALLEN HEROES + IN AERIGHT AND GRATITUDE THE CITY OF UERDINGEN A RHEIN Names of the Uerdingers who fell in World War I, rededicated to the victims of World War II and National Socialism
Other remarks:

Marian column in the Rhine enclosures

Monument type:	Column with a statue
Dedication:	Our Lady of God
Origin location:	Rhine systems
Fate or fate / current state:	received at the place
Draft:	H. Platen Crefeld
Used material:	Obernkirchen sandstone
Initiator, founder or client:	?
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1894
Dedication inscriptions:	Erected in 1894

Girl statue fountain Ter-Meer-Platz

Girl statue fountain Ter-Meer-Platz
Monument type:	statue
Dedication:	?
Origin location:	Ter sea square
Current location:	received at the site
Fate or fate / current state:	The well is out of order, the basin has been filled with earth and planted
Draft:	?
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	?
Used material:	Kirchheim shell limestone, bronze
Initiator, founder or client:	Secret Commerce Councilor Dr. phil. Edmund ter Meer (1852–1931, chemical entrepreneur in the company Chemische Fabriken vorm. Weiler & ter Meer AG )
Unveiling / inauguration date:	August 1, 1922
Dedication inscriptions:	(not legible without tools)
Other remarks:	The hexagonal fountain basin is built from Kirchheimer shell limestone blocks, from which the column also consists. The bronze statue of a girl is supposed to embody the flora that greets those returning from work. The fountain basin is in dire need of restoration, the plants and soil should be removed from the basin.

Hohenbudberg War Memorial

Hohenbudberg War Memorial
Dedication:	The dead of the two world wars
Origin location:	Forecourt of the church of St. Matthias Hohenbudberg (north-west corner of the former churchyard area)
Current location:	available on site
Fate or fate / current state:	in good condition on site
Draft:	Sculptor Eleonore Meiß , Krefeld
Used material:	Trachyte from the Westerwald (9 t heavy)
Initiator, founder or client:	Hohenbudberg village community with the support of the parish and the companies Siershahn and Bayer AG
Date of unveiling / inauguration	June 26, 1960
Dedication inscriptions:	In the middle of the memorial there is a cross, on the left soldiers with the inscription IN HONOR TO THE WAR VICTIMS 1914-1918 1939-1945 On the right you can see mothers with their children and the inscription DEN LEBENDEN ZUR ADMINISTRATION HOHENBUDBERG 1959

Monuments in Krefeld-Linn

Our dead

Monument type:	Crosses
Dedication:	the dead of the two world wars
Origin location:	Green area Rheinbabenstraße at the corner of Hafenstraße (former cemetery at the landscape museum)
Current location:	received at the place
Draft:	?
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	3 crosses with a writing plate in front of them. A historical cross has been preserved in the background of the area.
Used material:	Basalt stones
Initiator, founder or client:	?
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	?
Dedication inscriptions:	OUR DEAD 1914-1918 1939-1945

"Iron George"

"Iron George"
Monument type:	Still image, 3 m high
Dedication:	Support for the widows and orphans of the family fathers who died in World War I and a memorial for all those who died in our hometown
Origin location:	Ostwall, opposite the “Krefelder Hof” hotel (until around the end of the First World War)
Current location:	since 1930 in today's Museum Center Burg Linn, Hall of Honor
Draft:	Sculptor Helene von Beckerath
Used material:	worked from an oak log
Initiator, founder or client:	Reinhold Becker (1866–1924) (mining entrepreneur, including in Stahlwerke Becker AG with locations in Uerdingen and Willich)
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1915
Other remarks:	Depiction of Saint George as a dragon slayer. Iron George was a so-called nail figure. For a donation you could drive a nail in. Larger donations were honored with a name tag on the base. There are the names of simple citizens, well-known names of wealthy and also Jewish fellow citizens.

Monuments in Krefeld-Bockum

"Deuss Temple"

Monument type:	Round temple ( Doric Monopteros )
Dedication:	Wilhelm Deuss , velvet and silk manufacturer
Origin location:	in the city forest, at the city forest pond
Current location:	get here
Draft:	Temple of city building officer Anton Rumpen Plaque by the sculptor Arthur Winkler
Used material:	Kleinrinderfelder Muschelkalkstein , bronze cast
Initiator, founder or client:	City of Krefeld (?)
Unveiling / inauguration date:	October 31, 1913
Dedication inscriptions:	Badge with the inscription "WILH. DEUSS / 1827-1911 "
Other remarks:	Wilhelm Deuss bequeathed a foundation to the city of Krefeld, from whose funds the city forest was created.

War memorial 1870/71

War memorial 1870/71
Monument type:
Dedication:
Origin location:	Old cemetery on Verberger Strasse, now a green area
Current location:	The cemetery was devastated in 1948 because bombs and people had devastated it. Monument no longer exists.
Draft:
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):
Used material:
Initiator, founder or client:
Financing:
Date of unveiling / inauguration
Dedication inscriptions:
Other remarks:

Monuments in Krefeld-Fischeln

Warrior Memorial "Five Years - Five Swords"

Monument type:	cenotaph
Dedication:	The fallen of the First World War
Origin location:	at the Fischeln cemetery, on the site of today's morgue
Current location:	broken off after considerable war damage in 1953/1954
Draft:	Sculptor Kurt Schwippert , Düsseldorf
Used material:	five cross swords (4.10 m high) in reinforced concrete, covered with red glazed ceramic plates
Unveiling / inauguration date:	May 11, 1930
Dedication:	Quote of Angelus Silesius on the crossguards of swords: No death is more glorious than that which brings a life; no life is nobler than that which arises from death.

Fischeln Cenotaph and Memorial

Monument type:	Memorial and memorial
Dedication:	Dedication: REMEMBRANCE - ADMINISTRATION
Origin location:	Fischeln cemetery, burial ground for war graves
Another location:
Current location:
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Design: Theo Akkermann , Krefeld, casting: Schmäke, Düsseldorf
Financing:	Donate Fischeln citizens, companies and associations
Date of unveiling / inauguration	October 30, 1966

Marian column

Monument type:	pillar
Dedication:	Mary Immaculate Conception
Origin location:	until 1854 burial place, today Marienplatz
Current location:	received at the Marienplatz site
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	Statue: sculptor Hilgers (Cologne), base: sculptor Dicht (Linn)
Initiator, founder or client:	Fischeln Citizens Committee
Date of unveiling / inauguration	1855
Dedication inscriptions:	SANTA MARIA sine labe originali concepta opn further: Dogmatic decision of December 8th, 1854 under the pontificate of Pius IX

Steinrath war memorial

Steinrath war memorial
Monument type:
Dedication:	The missing and the fallen
Origin location:	??
Current location:	Fischeln, Steinrath near house no. 7a
Draft:
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):
Used material:	Brick tower with built-in historical cross and historical memorial plaque
Initiator, founder or client:	Current work donated by Sappeur Corps and Schill officers Fischeln
Financing:
Date of unveiling / inauguration	May 1997
Dedication inscriptions:	In memory of the fallen in 1914/18 a. Missing names of persons in 1939/45
Other remarks:	A plaque next to the tower says: The monument preservation "Steinrath" for the 70-year-old donated by Sappeur Corps and Schill officers Fischeln

Monuments in Krefeld-Gellep-Stratum

Cenotaph for the fallen

Monument type:	pillar
Dedication:	The dead from Gellep Stratum
Origin location:	old cemetery Gellep- Stratum?
Current location:	Green area Düsseldorfer Straße opposite house no.316
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	new monument: sculptor Joseph Lorenzen, Lank design and execution of the historical relief unknown
Used material:	Sandstone
Date of unveiling / inauguration	rebuilt on November 12, 1960
Dedication inscriptions:	OUR DEAD 1914-1918 1939-1945
Other remarks:	Relief of George fighting a dragon on a shortened column. At the old place a longer column was originally built and the inscription: The dead of Gellep-Stratum can be read.

Monuments in Krefeld-Traar

Fallen monument in Traar

Dedication:	Those who fell in the World War 1914–1918, rededicated 1939–1945
Origin location:	Krefeld-Traar, Moerser Landstrasse, at the cemetery
Current location:	locally
Draft:	Sculptor Albert Pehle , Düsseldorf
Used material:	Artificial stone
Initiator, founder or client:	Traar municipality
Unveiling / inauguration date:	July 20, 1930
Dedication inscriptions:	1914–1918 / 1939–1945 (later supplemented) / THE POWERS IN THE WORLD WAR / FALLEN IN THE WORLD WAR / THE GRATEFUL / COMMUNITY TRAAR
Other remarks:	is under monument protection

Memorial stone on the cemetery of honor

Monument type:	Writing plate on stone
Dedication:	The 30 Traar men drafted for the 1870/71 campaign
Origin location:	Traar Memorial Cemetery
Current location:	?
Fate or fate / current state:	?
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	?
Initiator, founder or client:	?
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	?
Dedication inscriptions:	1914 1918 PEACE May 10, 1871 WARRIORS ASSOCIATION AT TRAAR AUGUST 11, 1872 1939 1945

Monuments in Krefeld-Verberg

Honorary grave of an unknown soldier

Monument type:	Erratic block with bronze plate and inscription plates in front of it
Dedication:	The dead and missing from both world wars and the unknown soldier
Origin location:	Verberg cemetery
Current location:	Verberg cemetery
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):	?
Used material:	Boulder block made of quartzite and basalt slabs
Initiator, founder or client:	Verberger citizens
Financing:	?
Date of unveiling / inauguration	3rd September 1950
Dedication inscriptions:	RESTING HERE IS AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER. AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, ON THE WEST FRONT IN THE HEINSBERG-HOVEN. IN HONOR TO REMEMBER THE DEAD OF TWO WORLD WARS, WE PREPARED HIM A CHRISTIAN TOMB. SEPTEMBER 3, 1950 THE VERBERGER BUERGERSCHAFT
Other remarks:	The three basalt plates are labeled with the names of the missing and dead of the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945

Other monuments

Pastorius Monument Germantown

Pastorius Monument Germantown
Monument type:	Monumental work
Dedication:	The American Germans' attachment and gratitude to the old fatherland
Origin location:	Vernon Park Germantown, Philadelphia
Current location:	Model in the Museum Center Burg Linn
Fate or fate / current state:	The design was not implemented; a simpler memorial was made by Albert Jaegers
Draft:	Sculptor J. Otto Schweizer
Execution of the monument (workshop or foundry):
Used material:	Model in cast bronze
Initiator, founder or client:	Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation (German-American National Association)
Financing:	American Citizens Donations
Date of unveiling / inauguration	Vernon Park Philadelphia October 6, 1908 (Groundbreaking ceremony)
Dedication inscriptions:	In memory of the 74-day sea voyage on the Concord ship, on October 6, 1683, the founders landed Germantown, the first purely German settlement on American soil. …….
Other remarks:	The monument was not erected that way; the model, one of three made from the Swiss design, was ceremonially handed over to the city of Krefeld on May 27, 1931 in the Linn local history museum.

literature

• BLUHM, L. (1987): 125 years of the Mariensäule on Marienplatz in Fischeln.- Die Heimat 52: 146-147, 1 fig .; Krefeld.
• BLUHM, L. (1987): The Fischeln war dead and their memorial.- Die Heimat 58: 49-52, 3 fig .; Krefeld.
• BÖTTGES, J. (1989): Hüls 1790 - 1980.- Heimatverein Hüls, 366 p .; Krefeld.
• DOFFINÉ, E. (1968): The "Iron George" .- die Heimat, 39: 180-181, 1 fig .; Krefeld.
• EBERLEIN, F. (1981): The iron chancellor's monument. The Bismarck monument in Crefeld, created by Professor Gustav Eberlein.- die Heimat, 52: 123-126, 5 figs .; Krefeld.
• FEINENDEGEN, R. (1982): From the history of Bockum.- In: Bockum Citizens Association: Bockum, Krefeld.
• JÜLICHMANN, P. (1985): The Marian column - history of a Krefeld monument - the homeland, 56: 134, 2 fig .; Krefeld.
• KREMERS, E. (2002): From the boulevard to the biotope. The history of urban green in Krefeld. - 154 S. Krefeld.
• LUESTRATEN, H. (1971): Our beautiful Verberg.- pp. 66–67, 1 fig .; Krefeld.
• M. (1933): Consecration of a memorial on the city slaughterhouse by the Free Butchers Guild Krefeld.- die Heimat, 12 (3/4): 173, 1 fig .; Krefeld.
• MELLEN, W. (1998): Hüls. A chronicle - Heimatverein Hüls 156 S. Krefeld.
• MÜLLER, H. (1968): The Reformation in Krefeld.- die Heimat, 39: 103-107, 2 fig .; Krefeld.
• nn (1933): Fifty Years of the Free Butchers' Guild in Krefeld, Krefeld.
• nn (1931): War memorials in the district of Krefeld - Uerdingen am Rhein.- die Heimat, 10 (1): 61-67, 8 illustrations; Krefeld.
• nn (1931): To celebrate the takeover of the Pastorius memorial in the Krefeld Heimatmuseum - die Heimat, 10 (2): 74-88, 7 fig .; Krefeld.
• OLMES, J. (1956): "Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis" .- die Heimat, 27 (1/2): 72-73; Krefeld.
• REMBERT, K. (1927): On the grave of Dr. von Pempelfurts.-.- die Heimat, 6 (3): 251; Krefeld.
• REMBERT, K. (1950): Krefeld monuments. Memories of a knowledgeable hiker.- die Heimat, 21 (3/4): 171-185, 30 fig .; Krefeld.
• REMBERT, K. (1952): Um die Heideckstrasse.- die Heimat, 23 (3/4): 153-156, 9 fig .; Krefeld.
• SCHLÜTER, RF (1988): Monuments in Krefeld.- die Heimat, 59: 144-147, 13 fig .; Krefeld.
• SCHWABE, G. (1985): Krefelder Familien.- die Heimat, 56: 169, Seyffardt; Krefeld.
• STEEGER, A. (1931): On the war memorial of the Krefeld gymnastics club 1855. Brown coal sandstone.- die Heimat, 10 (2): 106-108, 4 fig .; Krefeld.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Irmgard Bernrieder, The soldiers of Napoleon, in: Rheinische Post, August 10, 2010
2. ↑ J. Otto Schweizer in the English language Wikipedia
3. ↑ Hans A. Pohlsander: German monuments in the Americas: bonds across the Atlantic (New German-American Studies / Neue Deutsch-American Studies 33) Bern etc .: Lang 2010 ISBN 9783034301381 , p. 7