List of Kaiser Josef II monuments

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Former Joseph Monument in Lanškroun

Monuments in memory of the Emperor Joseph II were erected in numerous towns and communities in the countries of the Bohemian Crown and in the Austrian hereditary lands in the 19th century . The initiators of these monuments wanted to remember important results of his Josephine reforms (motto: "Everything for the people; nothing by the people"), in particular the "abolition of serfdom" through the subject patent of 1781 ("Joseph - the peasant liberator") and the tolerance patent of 1781 on religious freedom, as well as the reforms to reorganize the property tax and improve public health.

List of monuments

Abrogation of Serfdom, 1781

Most of the monuments were erected in the countries of the Bohemian Crown. They usually have the same appearance because they were cast according to a "standard model" in the former Graeflich Salm'sche art foundry in Blansko . The monument shows the emperor with his serfdom revocation patent in hand.

Today it is no longer possible to clearly determine who is the creator of the sculpture. The following artists are eligible:

  • Paul Wewerka (1826–1899), sculptor in the model studio of the ironworks in Blansko based on a painting by Joseph Hickel (1736–1807)
  • Anton Brenek , sculptor
  • Viktor Tilgner (1844–1896), sculptor, known for his busts of the imperial family
  • Theodor Friedl (1842–1900), sculptor

The erection of these monuments in the areas inhabited by Germans towards the end of the 19th century on the 100th anniversary of the reforms was probably also an expression of the general tightening of relations between German and Czech citizens.

Czech Republic

In Czechoslovakia , according to the "Law for the Protection of the Republic of March 19, 1923" (Zákon na ochranu republiky č. 50/1923, § 26), monuments, inscriptions, busts, panels, pictures and coats of arms, which commemorated members of the dynasties who ruled in Austria, Hungary, Austria-Hungary or in the German Reich were labeled as subversive and had to be removed. This law came into force on May 1, 1923. After the Kaiser Josef II monuments were removed, mostly Hans Kudlich monuments or war memorials were erected in their place . Some monuments have been re-erected since the 1990s.

Emperor Josef II monuments erected

Obelisk in Lobositz in memory of the stay of Emperor Josef II.
  • Brno- Černovice (Brno-Chernivtsi)
erected in 1892 by Anton Brenek in front of the German House in Brünn-Veveří (Brünn-Eichhorn), Moravské náměstí (kiosk), since 1988 on the grounds of the psychiatric clinic in Brno-Chernivtsi
(location)
  • Brno, Lužánky Park (Augarten in Brno)
  • Cheb , built in 1887 by Karl Wilfert, removed in 1923, placed in the archive garden in 1995, a replica placed in Františkovy Lázně in 2003
  • Chodov (Chodau), Okres Sokolov
Erected in front of the school in 1889, removed in 1923, re-erected in the city from 1938 to 1945, rebuilt around 2000
originally built in Eger in 1887 by Karl Wilfert, removed in 1923, repositioned in 2003
(location)
Erected in 1903, removed after 1918, restored in 1992
Erected in 1906 from Carrara marble by Georg Leiske from Vienna, removed after 1921, restored in 1999 and re-erected in the park in front of the grammar school, under monument protection
re-erected on July 7, 1991 for the 250th birthday of the emperor
(Lage)
erected in 1883, erected again
(location)
reorganized in 1995
Removed in 1923, replaced by the Kudlich monument in 1926, now re-erected
  • Šumperk (Moravian Schönberg), reorganized in Hlavní Třída
    (Lage)
  • Trutnov (Trautenau),
Erected in 1886, removed in 1923, re-erected on Ringplatz (location) since 2009
  • Uničov (Moravian New Town), Okres Olomouc
built in 1882, repositioned in 2000
Erected in 1882, removed in 1923, replaced by the Hans Kudlich monument in 1924 , re-erected in 2007 in the museum courtyard (in the castle).

Former Kaiser Josef II monuments

Former Joseph Monument in Saaz (Žatec)
Erected in 1881 by Friedrich Riedl von Riedenstein, removed in 1919

Austria

Poland

erected in 1884, until 1920 on Dominikanerplatz, now in Friedenspark (Park Pokoju)
(location)

Germany

Images of Kaiser Josef II monuments in various cities

  • Brno

  • Franzensbad

  • Josefov

  • Kaaden

  • Kunratice u Cvikove

  • Stráž pod Ralskem

  • Sumperk

  • Trutnov

  • Deutschlandsberg

  • Preßbaum

  • Vienna, Josephsplatz

  • Teschen, Peace Park

Trivia

There are also pressed glass statuettes of Emperor Joseph II made of colorless, frosted glass, which were produced in the Riedel glassworks in Unterpolaun (Dolní Polubný, OT von Desná ) in the Jizera Mountains.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Monuments of Emperor Joseph II in Bohemia and Moravia, Pressglas-Korrespondenz 2014-2 / ​​59, 15 p. (Accessed on March 27, 2015)
  2. ↑ The Josephine Tax and Urbarial Regulation (accessed on March 23, 2015)
  3. ↑ Jindřich Čeladín: Sochy císaře Josefa II. Byly v monarchii žádané (The statues of Emperor Joseph II were very popular in the monarchy) (Czech) (accessed March 31, 2015)
  4. ↑ Law collection Czechoslovakia 1923 S. 212/13 (tschech.) (Accessed on 18 October 2015)
  5. ↑ a b Josef II Monument Chodau (Czech) (accessed on March 23, 2015)
  6. ↑ Josef II Monument Eger (Czech) (accessed on March 23, 2015)
  7. ↑ Josef II Monument Arnau (Czech) (accessed on March 23, 2015)
  8. ↑ Lovosicky densek 19/2004 (Czech) (accessed November 29, 2017)
  9. ↑ Joseph II. Memorial Markausch (tschech.) (Accessed on 1 April 2015)
  10. ↑ Image of the Josef II monument in Raspenau ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Czech) (accessed on March 28, 2015)
  11. ↑ Josef II Monument Slawikowitz (Czech) (accessed on March 23, 2015)
  12. ↑ Josef II Monument Trautenau (Czech) (accessed April 1, 2015)
  13. ↑ Josef II Memorial Mährisch-Neustadt (Czech) (accessed on March 23, 2015)
  14. ↑ Josef II Monument Luditz (Czech) (accessed on March 23, 2015)
  15. ^ Josef II Memorial Dalovice (Czech) (accessed April 1, 2015)
  16. ↑ Schönbach, Rudolf: Zapomenutý pomník Josefa II. V Rybářích (The forgotten monument of Emperor Joseph II in fishermen). In: Historický sborník Karlovarska. Karlovy Vary: Státní okresní archiv Karlovy Vary 8, (2000), pp. 94-104
  17. ↑ South Moravia - Altschallersdorf (accessed on February 21, 2020)

Web links

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