List of the Cologne council tower figures

Cologne Council Tower

This list includes the total of 124 figures that are on the Cologne council tower .

prehistory

The original depictions, which adorned the tower of the historic town hall with statues of the stonemasons , had already been largely destroyed by the weather at the end of the 17th century . It is not known who the figures represented. The figurative ornamentation of the portal , which was protected by canopy-like covers at the end of the 18th century , and a knight figure next to it, were the remains of the once rich and often vaunted figurative ornamentation of the tower, which was still there at the turn of the 19th century. At the suggestion of the director of the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne Hansen , new figures were then commissioned between 1891 and 1901. The city council announced a competition for these figures to be created, according to which groups of figures had to be designed for the respective tower floors, which according to Hansen's ideas should be given a certain arrangement in their arrangement.

Structure of the figure groups before 1945

• For the ground floor figures of the princes and archbishops important to the history of Cologne
• For the first floor, representatives of the sexes
• For the second floor with guilds
• Men of the arts and science were planned for the third floor
• The top floor was to be decorated with the city's patron saints

The outcome of the competition in 1893 for the first floor came from the first nine figures created by the masters Johann Degen , Alexander Iven , Peter Kürten and Heinrich Schmitz in Baumbergerstein . After almost ten years there was no further work on the figurine jewelry, in 1900 the Cologne sculptors' association, headed by Wilhelm Albermann, received the order for the 71 figures on the upper floors. In addition to Albermann, the performers were the sculptors Degen, Rohte and Barutzky , Schreiner, Steinbach , Kürten, Morgenstern, Stockmann and Dorrenbach, Altmann, Faßbinder and Iven. The figures in Heilbronn sandstone were completed by 1902. The cost, including the canopy of the figures created by Peter Kribben , came to 72,978 marks.

The ground floor figures were already so badly damaged in 1925 that they had to be replaced. They were now, again linked to a competition, made from shell limestone by the artists Erwin Haller , Carl von Mering , Eduard Schmitz jun., Johann Baptist Schreiner , Brandts-Sobieski and Peter Sperling .

Sculpture equipment from the post-war period

The town hall and the council tower were almost completely destroyed by bombing during World War II. In the “rubble heap” of the council tower, the figures on the south side were preserved. Work has been going on since 1959 to rebuild the central town hall complex, and in February 1975 the council tower was restored "in its old form", but still without figurative decorations.

The new sculpture program was developed by a commission of historians from 1981 over a period of five years. The history of the city of Cologne up to the present should be taken into account, but no living people, including no “negative figures” should be depicted. In 1986 the basic concept was finally decided:

• On the ground floor personalities up to the end of the Middle Ages
• On the first to third floors, in chronological ascending order, important personalities for the reputation of the city
• On the fourth floor, patron saints and saints of the city

The corresponding list of characters was first approved in the culture committee; In the decisive city council meeting, however, there were considerable objections on the part of the Green Party , primarily because of the only five women in the entire program of figures. In October 1987, a revised list with a total of 18 women from the 124 personalities depicted was presented, which the Council adopted in January 1988.

The sculptures were made by nine female and 48 female sculptors from Weiberner tuff , a volcanic stone from the Eifel . Five old figures were restored and reused, all others were financed by foundations, the costs amounted to 2.5 million DM . In 1995 all figures of the third generation were finally placed.

For better durability, the figures were completely impregnated with acrylic resin using the so-called "Ibach process". This sealing, however, led to major damage after a short time, so that the figures had to be removed. At the beginning of 2008, sculptors began to create new figures that were exact copies of their predecessors. They were made from the French Savonnières limestone . Since November 2008, all 124 figures have once again adorned the city council tower of Cologne.

Ground floor: rulers and people of equal rulers

number	Surname	Life dates	Tower side	Sculptor (donor of the figure) Date of handover of the figure	photo
1	Augustus	63 BC - AD 14	North side	Matthias Moritz (Cologne Brewery Association) August 21, 1989
2	Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa	63/64 BC - AD 12	North side	Matthias Moritz (Cologne Brewery Association) August 21, 1989
3	Agrippina the younger	15 / 16-59	North side	Heribert Calleen ( Agrippina-Versicherung AG) September 11, 1989
4th	Postumus	† 269	North side	Henryk Dywan ( Madaus AG , Cologne) October 22, 1991
5	Constantine the Great	at 285-337	North side	Henryk Dywan ( Exhibition and Exhibition Company , Cologne) December 10, 1991
6th	Sigibert of Cologne	490 – around 507/08	North side	Ernst Robert Wyrobeck (stonemasons and sculptors guild Cologne) October 24, 1989
7th	Plectrudis	† around 720	East Side	Thomas Torkler (Cologne Brewery Association) May 13, 1992
8th	Charlemagne	747 / 48-814	East Side	Thomas Torkler ( Siemens AG , Cologne branch) July 7, 1992
9	Otto I.	912-973	East Side	Georg Krautkrämer (Cologne jewelers, goldsmiths and silversmiths) June 11, 1992
10	Theophanu	around 959-991	West side	Elisabeth Baumeister-Bühler ( Greven Verlag Cologne ) January 16, 1990
11	Henry IV.	1050-1106	West side	unknown (original figure)
12	Henry II (England)	1133-1189	West side	Dennis Thies (Wolfgang Trilsbach, Cologne) November 15, 1994
13	Otto IV.	1177-1218	West side	Olaf Höhnen (Jörg P. Schäfer, Cologne) October 24, 1994
14th	Innocent III.	1160 / 61-1216	West side	Karl Matthäus Winter (Bernd Werners, Cologne) October 21, 1994
15th	Friedrich II.	1194-1250	West side	Karl Matthäus Winter (Horst Eulenstein, Bonn) October 19, 1994
16	Rudolf I.	1218-1291	North side	Helmut Moos (Dieter, Marlies, Wolfgang and Hilke Blum, Helmut and Gisela Kauß, Herbert and Renata Päffgen, Cologne) December 22, 1994
17th	Urban VI.	around 1317-1389	North side	Helmut Moos (members of the University of Cologne ) May 21, 1991
18th	Friedrich III.	1415-1493	North side	Helmut Moos ( Deutsche Exxon Chemical GmbH , Cologne) November 7, 1991
19th	Maximilian I.	1459-1519	North side	Christine Karola Wulfert (Cologne Brewery Association) January 10, 1992

First floor: personalities who deserve the city

number	Surname	Life dates	Tower side	Sculptor (donor of the figure) Date of handover of the figure	photo
20th	Hildebold of Cologne	before 787-818	West side	Adem Yılmaz , collaboration with Titus Reinarz (Wilfried Recker, Cologne) December 1, 1994
21st	Ida (St. Mary in the Capitol)	† 1060	West side	Peter Kürten (?), Original figure
22nd	Rupert von Deutz	at 1065-1129	West side	Stefan Kaiser (Philipp M. Laufenberg family, Cologne) December 22, 1994
23	Rainald von Dassel	1118 / 20-1167	West side	Ernst Thevis (Christian Zschocke, Cologne) November 29, 1994
24	Nicholas of Verdun	before 1150-1205	West side	Wilhelm Albermann (?), Original figure
25th	Sela Jude	around 1180-AD 1230	West side	Petra Astrid Kroll ( Karstadt AG , Cologne) December 10, 1991
26th	Gerhard Unmaze	† around 1198	West side	Rainer Walk (Wilhelm Oberwalleney, Cologne) November 29, 1991
27	Konrad von Hochstaden	around 1205-1261	West side	Rainer Walk (mediation by Karl-Heinz Lang, Commerzbank , Cologne) October 30, 1991
28	Gerhard von Riele	† around 1261	North side	Hilarius Schwarz ( Hans Langemann , Cologne) October 4, 1989
29	Matthias Overstolz	† around 1268	North side	Wolfgang Binding , collaboration with Daniel Hein (modern city GmbH, Cologne) February 4, 1992
30th	Gerhard Overstolz	† 1288	North side	Wolfgang Binding, collaboration with Norbert Meyer (Heinz Schmalen, Cologne) February 4, 1992
31	Gottfried Hagen	before 1286 – around 1300	North side	Karl Matthäus Winter (Ruth and Helmut Lingen , Cologne) March 10, 1992
32	Johann I (Brabant)	1252 / 53-1294	North side	Elisabeth Perger (North Rhine-Westphalia Hotel and Restaurant Association, Cologne, Leverkusen, Erftkreis, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis) January 17, 1992
33	Master Eckhart	around 1260-1328	North side	Elisabeth Perger ( Alfred H. Schütte GmbH & Co. KG , Cologne) October 31, 1990
34	Hilger Quattermart from the Stesse	around 1340-1398	North side	Andreas Rosenkranz (Board Member and Advisory Board of the Cologne District Retail Association ) December 4, 1991
35	Stefan Lochner	around 1400-1451	North side	Hans Karl Burgeff (Annemarie and Helmut Börner Foundation, Cologne) January 23, 1990
36	Heinrich von Beeck	15th century	North side	Hans Karl Burgeff (Annemarie and Helmut Börner Foundation, Cologne) January 23, 1990
37	Ulrich Zell	† 1507 (?)	North side	Hans Karl Burgeff (descendants of Joseph Bachem , Cologne) May 12, 1992
38	Fygen Lutzenkirchen	† after 1515	East Side	Wolfgang Reuter (Modehaus Jacobi, Cologne) February 11, 1992
39	Heinrich Agrippa von Nettesheim	1486-1535	East Side	Wolfgang Reuter ( Westdeutsche Lotterie GmbH & Co. OHG , Cologne) February 11, 1992
40	Hermann von Neuenahr the Elder	1492-1530	East Side	Karl-Josef Dierkes (Heinz G. Endres, Cologne) June 26, 1991
41	Adolf Clarenbach	around 1495–1529	East Side	Rudolf Wuttke (Evangelical City Church Association Cologne) March 31, 1992
42	Anton Woensam	before 1500-1541	East Side	Rudolf Wuttke ( Allianz Versicherungs AG , Cologne branch) March 31, 1992
43	Arnold von Siegen	around 1490–1578	East Side	Wilhelm Albermann (?), Original figure
44	Johannes Gropper	1503-1559	East Side	Erwin Nöthen ( Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim , Cologne) December 20, 1994
45	Hermann von Weinsberg	1518-1597	East Side	Erwin Nöthen (Annemarie and Helmut Börner Foundation, Cologne) December 20, 1994
46	Heinrich Sudermann	around 1520–1591	South side	Erwin Nöthen (Oertel & Prümm GmbH, Heinz Kleinen, Cologne) September 23, 1994
47	Michael von Aitzing	around 1530–1598	South side	Alexander Iven , original figure
48	Caspar Ulenberg	1548-1617	South side	Titus Reinarz (Maria Freeicks, Gisela Mirgel-Kunze, Hajo Fischer, Hans-Wilhelm Möller, Franz Schneider, Josef Schramml, Cologne) November 29, 1994
49	Peter Paul Rubens	1577-1640	South side	Hans Karl Burgeff (Dietrich C. and Marie-Luise Zschocke, Cologne) November 23, 1994

Second floor: personalities who deserve the city

number	Surname	Life dates	Tower side	Sculptor (donor of the figure) Date of handover of the figure	photo
50	Jan von Werth	1591-1652	South side	Hans-Joachim Bergmann (Association of Friends and Supporters of the Jan-van-Werth-Haus eV, Cologne) February 23, 1990
51	Joost van den Vondel	1587-1679	West side	Paul de Swaaf (Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ) September 24, 1991
52	Aegidius Gelenius	1595-1656	West side	Paul de Swaaf ( Kreissparkasse Cologne ) September 3, 1991
53	Melchior by Reidt	before 1590 – AD 1624	West side	Marlene Dammin (Achim Beckmann, Cologne) February 5, 1991
54	Katharina Henot	† 1627	West side	Marianne Lüdicke ( Hiltrud Kier , Cologne) May 12, 1989
55	Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld	1591-1635	West side	Marianne Lüdicke ( Provinzial Versicherung , Cologne and Düsseldorf) November 28, 1990
56	Anna Maria de Heers	around 1610–1666	West side	Paul Nagel ( school attendants of the grammar school and the secondary school of the Ursuline school , Cologne) October 22, 1990
57	Anna Maria van Schurman	1607-1678	West side	Elisabeth Perger ( Cologne Women's History Association , together with Agrippina Versicherung AG, Cologne) March 4, 1991
58	Nikolaus Gülich	1644-1686	West side	Jürgen Schreiber (employee of the Cologne city administration ) February 23, 1990
59	Johann Maria Farina	1685-1766	North side	Olaf Höhnen (Annemarie and Helmut Börner Foundation, Cologne) March 18, 1991
60	Ferdinand Franz Wallraf	1748-1824	North side	Johann Peter Schilling (informedia verlags-gmbh, Cologne) September 12, 1989
61	Heinrich Gottfried Wilhelm Daniels	1754-1827	North side	Johann Peter Schilling (Cologne judge, public prosecutors, lawyers and notaries) June 11, 1992
62	Maria Clementine Martin	1775-1843	North side	Elisabeth Perger ( Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH Maria Clementine Martin Klosterfrau , Cologne) October 24, 1989
63	Peter Heinrich Merkens	1777-1854	North side	Stefan Kaiser ( Colonia Insurance , Cologne) January 14, 1991
64	Sulpiz Boisserée	1783-1854	North side	Stefan Kaiser (Boisserée Foundation, Cologne) January 14, 1991
65	Georg Simon Ohm	1789-1854	North side	Stefan Kaiser ( GEW Köln AG ) March 17, 1989
66	Friedrich Wilhelm IV.	1795-1861	North side	Hon Sang Tong (Wilhelm Bausinger and Horst Loosen, Cologne) October 1, 1990
67	Ernst Friedrich Zwirner	1802-1861	North side	Hon Sang Tong (mediation by the Zentral-Dombau-Verein zu Cologne ) October 24, 1990
68	Robert Blum	1807-1848	North side	Hon Sang Tong ( Socialist Youth in Germany - Die Falken , Robert Blum Group with the Stadtsparkasse Köln ) October 21, 1992
69	Ludolf Camphausen	1803-1890	East Side	Michael Eichhorn ( Employers' Association of the Metal and Electrical Industry , Cologne) March 18, 1991
70	Abraham Oppenheim	1804-1878	East Side	Michael Eichhorn ( Bankhaus Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. , Cologne) September 11, 1991
71	August Reichensperger	1808-1895	East Side	Hans-Otto Lohrengel ( Heinrich Heinen , Cologne) November 20, 1989
72	Karl Joseph Daniel DuMont	1811-1861	East Side	Theo Heiermann ( M. DuMont Schauberg Company , Cologne) October 1, 1990
73	Ferdinand Hiller	1811-1885	East Side	Theo Heiermann (Hannemarie Valder with Claudia Valder-Knechtges, Franz Xaver Ohnesorg and numerous music lovers, Cologne) May 14, 1991
74	Mathilde Franziska Anneke	1817-1884	East Side	Katharina Hochhaus ( Working Group of Social Democratic Women , SPD Sub-District Cologne, together with the Sparkasse Foundation for the Promotion of Rhenish Cultural Assets, Cologne) June 2, 1992
75	Moses Hess	1812-1875	East Side	Heribert Calleen ( Westdeutsche Rundfunkwerbung GmbH , Cologne) June 23, 1992
76	Gustav von Mevissen	1815-1899	East Side	Heribert Calleen ( Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Otto Wolff AG , Cologne) June 23, 1992
77	Jacques Offenbach	1819-1880	South side	Klaus Balke ( EMI Electrola GmbH , Cologne) May 14, 1991
78	Karl Marx	1818-1883	South side	Helmut Moos ( Social Democratic Party of Germany , Cologne subdistrict) September 6, 1988
79	Hermann Heinrich Becker	1820-1885	South side	Helmut Moos (mediation by Stadtsparkasse Köln) October 21, 1992
80	Franz Carl Guilleaume	1834-1887	South side	Georg Paul Maria Ahrens ( Felten & Guilleaume Energietechnik AG , Cologne) December 4, 1991

Third floor: personalities who deserve the city

number	Surname	Life dates	Tower side	Sculptor (donor of the figure) Date of handover of the figure	photo
81	Max break	1838-1920	South side	Olaf Höhnen (Cologne Musik GmbH with Hannemarie Valder and Claudia Valder-Knechtges, Cologne) January 6, 1990
82	Nicolaus August Otto	1832-1891	South side	Theo Heiermann ( Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG , Cologne) November 5, 1990
83	Eugene Langen	1833-1895	South side	Theo Heiermann (Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Cologne) November 5, 1990
84	Hermann Josef Stübben	1845-1936	West side	Karl Matthäus Winter (Robert Perthel GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne) August 1, 1990
85	Mathilde von Mevissen	1848-1924	West side	Sepp Hürten (BAB real estate group, Cologne / Bonn) February 25, 1992
86	Karl Trimborn	1854-1921	West side	Sepp Hürten (Westdeutsche Lotterie GmbH & Co. OHG, Cologne) February 25, 1992
87	Wilhelm Marx	1863-1946	West side	Karl-Josef Dierkes ( Strabag Bau-AG , Cologne) January 10, 1992
88	Max Isidor Bodenheimer	1865-1940	North side	Erwin Nöthen (Klaus Kunkel and Stiftergemeinschaft, Cologne) January 17, 1992
89	Benedikt Schmittmann	1872-1939	North side	Toni Zenz (Benedikt Schmittmann and Helene Wahlen Foundation, Cologne) March 6, 1990
90	Georg Fritze	1874-1939	North side	Joachim Droll ( Evangelical Congregation Cologne ) January 29, 1992
91	Hans Böckler	1875-1951	North side	Titus Reinarz ( German Federation of Trade Unions , Cologne District) February 16, 1990
92	Konrad Adenauer	1876-1967	North side	Titus Reinarz ( Rheinbraun AG , Cologne) November 7, 1991
93	Willi Ostermann	1876-1936	North side	Herbert-Paul Labusga (Willi-Ostermann-Gesellschaft Köln eV, Cologne) November 11, 1991
94	Amalie Lauer	1882-1950	North side	Katharina Hochhaus ( Catholic German Women's Association , Cologne together with the working group of Catholic women's associations in Cologne) February 26, 1993
95	Joseph Cardinal Frings	1887-1988	North side	Elmar Hillebrand (City of Cologne) October 1, 1990
96	Christine Teusch	1888-1968	East Side	Klaus Kampert (company Muehlens KG , Cologne) October 1, 1991
97	Wilhelm Sollmann	1881-1951	East Side	Hans Karl Burgeff ( Kaufhof Holding AG , Cologne) July 15, 1991
98	Josef Haubrich	1889-1961	East Side	Hans Karl Burgeff ( Irene and Peter Ludwig , Aachen) June 26, 1991
99	Hertha Kraus	1897-1968	East Side	Majka Wichner (Koerfer'sche Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne) January 29, 1992
100	Bernhard Letterhaus	1894-1944	South side	Martin Krämer ( 1. FC Cologne ) January 28, 1992
101	Irmgard Keun	1905-1982	South side	Marieluise Schmitz-Helbig (Association of Cologne Booksellers, Initiator Fridolin Hemmes, Cologne) October 1, 1991	[1]
102	Heinrich Boell	1917-1985	South side	Olaf Höhnen (mediation by Richard von Weizsäcker , Berlin / Bonn) March 10, 1992	[2]

Fourth floor: patron saint ("Cologne Heaven")

number	Surname	Life dates	Tower side	Sculptor (donor of the figure) Date of handover of the figure	photo
103	Peter	† at 67	North side	John-Michael Bachem (Walter Spiess) February 4, 1991
104	Kaspar		North side	Elisabeth Perger ( Berlin-Kölnische Insurance , Cologne) December 3, 1992
105	Melchior		North side	Elisabeth Perger (mediation by Dombauhütte Cologne and cathedral builder Arnold Wolff , Cologne) December 3, 1992
106	Balthazar		North side	Elisabeth Perger (Peter, Renate, Philip and Katharina Jungs, Cologne) December 3, 1992
107	Gereon of Cologne	around 270 - 304	North side	Matthias Moritz ( Gerling , Cologne) September 18, 1990
108	Ursula of Cologne	4th century	North side	Rainer Walk ( Cologne District Craftsmen Association ) June 20, 1989
109	Maternus	† at 328	East Side	Georg Krautkrämer ( Kölner Bank , Cologne) April 30, 1990
110	Severin of Cologne	around 400	East Side	Walter Hutz ( Hans Imhoff , Cologne) June 16, 1992
111	Evergislus	† around 594	East Side	Walter Hutz (Heinrich Schmitz KG, Cologne) June 17, 1992
112	Kunibert of Cologne	around 600–663	East Side	Majka Wichner (construction company Schorn GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne) May 3, 1990
113	White Ewald	† 695 (?)	South side	Hans-Otto Lohrengel (Agrippina Versicherung AG, Cologne with Gebr. Von der Wetteren GmbH, Cologne) October 30, 1991
114	Black Ewald	† 695 (?)	South side	Klaus Balke ( REWE-Zentral-Aktiengesellschaft , Cologne) June 22, 1992
115	Agilolf of Cologne	8th century	South side	Elisabeth Baumeister-Bühler ( Gothaer Insurance Bank , Cologne) April 30, 1990
116	Bruno I.	925-965	South side	John-Michael Bachem ( Deutsche Bank , Management Cologne) September 10, 1990
117	Heribert of Cologne	around 970-1021	South side	Friedrich Lindenthal ( Rhineland Regional Council , Cologne) November 28, 1990
118	Anno II.	at 1010-1075	South side	Werner Franzen ( Nordstern Versicherungs-AG , Cologne together with Kölnische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG , Cologne) October 8, 1990
119	Bruno of Cologne	at 1027 / 30-1101	West side	Andreas Rosenkranz (Company for Turnkey Construction Ltd, Cologne) May 10, 1990
120	Engelbert I of Cologne	1185 / 86-1225	West side	Titus Reinarz ( North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation for Nature Conservation, Heritage and Culture , Düsseldorf) May 28, 1992
121	Albertus Magnus	around 1193-1280	West side	Titus Reinarz (Cologne Electrical Guild) December 12, 1986
122	John Duns Scotus	around 1265-1308	West side	Andreas Dilthey (Franz Sauer fashion house, Cologne) September 10, 1991
123	Adolph Kolping	1813-1865	North side	Dieter Heuft ( Cologne triumvirate of the 1987 session , together with Günter Eich, Cologne) November 28, 1990
124	Edith Stein	1891-1942	North side	Paul Nagel ( Archdiocese of Cologne ) May 12, 1992

literature

• Hiltrud Kier , Bernd Ernsting , Ulrich Krings (Hrsg.): Cologne: The council tower. Its history and its program of figures (= city ​​traces - monuments in Cologne , volume 21). JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7616-1156-0 .
• Hans Vogts , Fritz Witte : The art monuments of the city of Cologne Section 4: The profane monuments of the city of Cologne (= The art monuments of the Rhine province, Vol. 7, Section 4). Verlag L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1930, p. (Reprinted by Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann, 1980. ISBN 3-590-32102-4 ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hiltrud Kier, Bernd Ernsting, Ulrich Krings (eds.): Cologne: Der Ratsturm. His story and his program of characters. P. 44
2. ^ ^{A b} Hans Vogts, Fritz Witte: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Köln , section: “Das Rathaus”, p. 183 ff
3. ^ Hiltrud Kier , Bernd Ernsting , Ulrich Krings (eds.): Cologne: Der Ratsturm. His story and his program of characters. P. 57ff.
4. ↑ after Hans Vogts 1930, here quoted from Hiltrud Kier, Bernd Ernsting, Ulrich Krings (ed.): Cologne: Der Ratsturm. His story and his program of figures , p. 59
5. ^ Hiltrud Kier, Bernd Ernsting, Ulrich Krings (eds.): Cologne: Der Ratsturm. His story and his program of characters. Pp. 264-269

Web links

• Information about the sculptures on the town hall tower on the website of the city of Cologne

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '17.9 "  N , 6 ° 57' 33.5"  E