List of Kaiser Wilhelm I monuments

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Kaiser Wilhelm I wasdepictedin numerous monuments . Still pictures and busts are very common. Wilhelm I is oftendepictedas part of war memorials ( Franco-German War 1870/71).

Equestrian statues

Danzig
Goslar
Kiel
Lübeck
Metz
Kaiser Wilhelm I on the Obermarkt in Görlitz
Aachen: 1901 by Fritz Schaper , on Theaterplatz, bronze parts dismantled and melted down in 1942
Berlin center: National monument for Kaiser Wilhelm I on the Schloss Freiheit , 1889–1897 by the sculptor Reinhold Begas ; The monument erected in the axis of the Eosander portal of the Berlin Palace was demolished in 1950 at the instigation of Walter Ulbricht, together with the palace, down to the foundations and the bronze parts melted down.
Berlin- Neukölln
(until 1913 Rixdorf ) :		 on Hohenzollernplatz (today Karl-Marx-Platz), by Albert Moritz Wolff , unveiled on March 22, 1902, melted down in 1944
Berlin-Spandau: on Neuendorfer Strasse, erected in 1909 by the sculptor Franz Dorrenbach from Cologne; not received
Bernburg: on Karlsplatz; built by Ludwig Manzel in 1901; not received
Bremen: 1888–1893 by Robert Baerwald , melted down in 1942
Wroclaw: Equestrian statue of Christian Behrens , unveiled on Schweidnitzer Strasse in 1896 , destroyed on October 21, 1945; Today there is a Bolesław Chrobry monument at this point .
Bromberg by Alexander Calandrelli , unveiled in 1893, transported to Meseritz in 1919 before the city was occupied by Poland (see there)
Chemnitz: Equestrian statue, framed by the independent statues of Bismarck and Moltke, on the town hall market, all three melted down in World War II
Gdansk: West Prussian provincial monument , in front of the High Gate
Dortmund-Hohensyburg: Kaiser Wilhelm I monument of the (former) Grafschaft Mark von Hubert Stier , 1893–1902; The equestrian statue and the larger-than-life statues of Otto von Bismarck and Hellmuth von Moltke were created by the sculptor Adolf von Donndorf , who since the reconstruction of the monument (1935–1936) had lost the life-size statues of Emperor Friedrich III. (shown here as Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm) and Prince Friedrich Karl were designed and executed by his son Karl Donndorf . All statues were cast in bronze in Gladenbeck's bronze foundry (owner: Walter and Paul Gladenbeck) in Friedrichshagen near Berlin .
Düsseldorf: Equestrian statue by the sculptor Karl Janssen , framed by the statues of Prince Bismarck and Count Moltke, on Alleestrasse; From 1964 to 1982 the monument stood on the "Platz der Deutschen Einheit", but had to give way there for traffic reasons. After years of discussion, whether the Emperor would still relevant in public, the monument was finally in was on the Martin Luther Square in 1987 translocated . Moltke's statue no longer exists.
Duisburg: formerly on the Kaiserberg, designed by Friedrich Reusch , inaugurated on September 2, 1898; The figures of the emperor, Germania and the imperial eagle were melted down in 1942, the base was removed in 1957.
Erfurt: by Ludwig Brunow , inaugurated on August 25, 1900 on the former Kaiserplatz (today Karl-Marx-Platz) and melted down for war purposes in 1944 ( picture )
Eat: Equestrian statue on the Castle Square of Hermann Volz , unveiled on 23 October 1898 in 1928 by the Center Court to a new sleek bracket to the edge of the square in front of the Lichtenburg displaced
Frankfurt am Main: by Clemens Buscher , unveiled on May 10, 1896, melted down in 1940
Gera: in front of the Johanniskirche, by sculptor Gustav Eberlein , not preserved; With a majority of one vote, the communists voted with the socialists in December 1922 to remove the monument.
Geislingen an der Steige:
Original: on the church square, in front of the town church; The emperor sits in field uniform with an open coat and helmet on a powerfully striding horse . The equestrian statue represents the model acquired by the Galvanoplastische Kunstanstalt based on a design by the Berlin sculptor Gustav Eberlein . The unveiling of the monument was originally planned for January 18, 1894, but was finally held on the birthday of the emperor who was immortalized here on March 22 of the same year postponed. Around 1979 the equestrian statue was lifted from its base for restoration and brought to the WMF workshops . Since the restoration of the electroplating was not possible, the equestrian statue was disposed of .
Replica: on the church square, to the left of the town church; In 1980, a completely new cast was made in the Strassacker foundry in Süßen . For traffic-related reasons, the new equestrian statue was rebuilt on the original base about 15 m away from the old location.
Goslar: Kaiserpfalz : Wilhelm I and Barbarossa each on horseback, flanked by two Brunswick lions
Goerlitz The location was first on the Görlitzer Obermarkt . It was unveiled on May 18, 1893. In 1939 the memorial was moved to Wilhelmsplatz , but was dismantled in 1942 and melted down for armament purposes.
Halle on the Saale: Equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I with the paladins Bismarck and Moltke set up as assistant figures; The monument survived the Second World War without any significant damage, but was later completely removed.
Hamburg:
Party decoration: 1871 in front of the back of the stock exchange at the Rathausmarkt (in place of the town hall built later); The larger than life monument, made of wood and plaster by the sculptor Engelbert Peiffer , showed the emperor raising a flag to heaven with his right hand; it was created as a festive decoration for the victory celebration / honoring the returning soldiers of the war of 1870/71.
Hamburg-center: Equestrian monument , designed by Johannes Schilling ; Unveiled on June 20, 1903 in the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm II on the Rathausmarkt , in 1930 and subsequently relocated, today in Planten un Blomen
Hamburg-Altona: Equestrian monument on Rathausplatz, unveiled by sculptor Gustav Eberlein , in 1898 in the presence of the imperial couple ( Wilhelm II )
Herne: Inauguration September 27, 1903; by the Munich sculptor Alois Mayer ; not received
Hildesheim: Equestrian monument , inaugurated in 1900 in the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Empress Auguste Viktoria, only the base preserved (rededicated as a "Memorial for War Victims")
Karlsruhe: by Adolf Heer on Kaiserplatz (preserved), construction period 1890–1897; the four allegorical base figures melted down in 1943 (see Osnabrück)
Kiel: Schleswig-Holstein Provincial Monument , 1896 by Adolf Brütt , in the palace garden ( picture )
Koblenz: Rhenish provincial monument on the headland at the Deutsches Eck
Cologne 1897, dismantled on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring, 1943
Kyffhauser: Kyffhäuser monument , 1890–1896, monument tower by architect Bruno Schmitz with equestrian statue by sculptor Emil Hundrieser
Lübeck: between the train station and Lindenplatz, by Louis Tuaillon
Magdeburg: 1897 by Rudolf Siemering ; on the former Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz, today Universitätsplatz; not received
Mannheim: by Gustav Eberlein , unveiled in front of the palace in 1894 , destroyed ( picture )
Meseritz: by Alexander Calandrelli (1893), installed in the facilities on Bahnhofstrasse in 1929, previously in Bromberg (see there); missing since 1946
Metz : on the splendid Esplanade promenade , built in 1892, toppled from its pedestal at the end of the war in November 1918 and replaced by a monumental French monument to the victors
Muenster: in front of the palace, designed by the sculptor Friedrich Reusch in collaboration with the architect Bruno Schmitz , unveiled in October 1897 in the presence of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia as the emperor's representative; not received
Nuremberg: Equestrian statue 1905 by Wilhelm von Rümann
Osnabrück: by the Karlsruhe sculptor Adolf Heer , solemn unveiling in the presence of Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Prussia as the emperor's representative on July 16, 1899 on Goetheplatz; The memorial disappeared in the final years of World War II; its whereabouts are unclear. It was a replica of the monument in Karlsruhe.
Potsdam: by Ernst Herter ; solemn unveiling in the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm II on April 11, 1901 on the Friendship Island on the Long Bridge ; The memorial survived the Second World War, was dismantled after 1945 , then scrapped .
Rixdorf near Berlin see Berlin-Neukölln
Saarbrücken: Equestrian statue on the bridge yoke of the Old Saar Bridge between Saarbrücken and St. Johann, design by architect Heinrich Halmhuber ; Cast by Gladenbeck. After 1945 the military governor on the Saar, Gilbert Grandval , had the equestrian statue removed. ( Picture )
Szczecin: Equestrian statue as the crowning of an elaborate war memorial for the sons of the city who died in 1870/71 by Karl Hilgers , not preserved ( picture )
Stumble: Equestrian statue as crowning of a war memorial, not preserved
Stuttgart: 1897–1898 by Wilhelm von Rümann and Friedrich von Thiersch ( picture )
Waldheim: by Gustav Eberlein
Weißenfels: by sculptor Ernst Wenck ; Overturned on March 8, 1949 by youth brigades and dragged through the streets to a foundry to be melted down.
Spicy: by sculptor Heinrich Splieth , in front of the town hall; Inauguration on September 12, 1912; Dismantled and melted down in 1943. The side reliefs and the granite lions have been preserved. The lions lie in front of the Wriezen town hall today.
(Wuppertal-) Elberfeld: Equestrian monument by sculptor Gustav Eberlein , in front of the Stadttheater am Brausenwerth ; Inauguration on October 18, 1893; Moved to the Deweerth'schen Garten in 1937 ; there dismantled and melted down again in 1943; The plinth in Deweerth'schen Garten was preserved and the memorial for the victims of National Socialism has stood on it since 1958 .

 

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  • Aachen:
    Kaiser Wilhelm I monument
    on the Theaterplatz

  • Berlin:
    The national monument
    at the Schloss Freiheit

  • Breslau
    (destroyed on October 21, 1945)

  • Dortmund- Hohensyburg :
    complete system

  • Dortmund-Hohensyburg:
    after the renovation in 1935

  • Dortmund-Hohensyburg:
    detail

  • Duisburg:
    Kaiserberg

  • Düsseldorf:
    at Martin-Luther-Platz; in the background the Bismarck monument

  • Erfurt:
    by Ludwig Brunow

  • (2) Unveiling 1900

  • Frankfurt am Main,
    by Clemens Buscher
    (melted down in 1941)

  • Hamburg

  • Hamburg-Altona in
    front of the town hall

  • Kiel:
    in the castle park

  • Koblenz:
    at the Deutsches Eck
    (historical postcard)

  • Cologne:
    contemporary view

  • Cologne:
    on the Hohenzollern Bridge

  • Nuremberg:
    Egidienplatz

  • Osnabrück:
    Goetheplatz

  • Saarbrücken:
    The old bridge with the imperial monument

  • Saarbrücken:
    The equestrian statue

  • Stettin
    The warrior and imperial memorial

  • Stuttgart
    equestrian statue on Karlsplatz

  • Wuppertal-Elberfeld
    equestrian statue of Wilhelm I, between 1893 and 1937

Still images

Aachen : Statue on the facade of the district court on Kongreßstrasse ; receive
Arolsen : 1899 by sculptor Peter von Woedtke
Altdamm (Pomerania): from Georg Meyer-Steglitz , on Wilhelmsplatz, not preserved
Anklam (Pomerania): by sculptor Ludwig Manzel , unveiled on Sedan Day 1897, on the market, melted down during World War I.
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe : by sculptor Fritz Gerth , unveiled on September 10, 1905, in the spa gardens in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Bad and the Bad Homburg casino
Barth (Pomerania): on the market; removed after 1945; today there is the fishing fountain
Berlin:
Berlin- Grunewald : Unveiled by sculptor Ludwig Manzel in the memorial hall of the King Wilhelm Tower on the Karlsberg, 1897
Berlin- Lichterfelde : on the facade of the Prussian main cadet institute by the sculptor Karl Keil , built in 1877, dismantled and melted down in 1945
Berlin-Lichterfelde: on the village meadow by sculptor Ernst Wenck , unveiled in June 1898, dismantled in World War II, preserved in the museum entrance of the Spandau Citadel
Berlin center: on the roof balustrade of the Berlin palace "Kaiser Wilhelm I as Jupiter", probably destroyed in 1950 with the demolition of the palace
Berlin center: on the facade of "Haus Laute" on Gendarmenmarkt by sculptor Albert Wolff , before 1881, destroyed
Berlin center: on the facade of the Red City Hall , in one of the two blind niches next to the portico; by sculptor Karl Keil, not preserved
Berlin center: on the corner tower of the police headquarters on Alexanderplatz by the sculptor Alexander Calandrelli ; not preserved (probably destroyed with the building)
Berlin center: in the Armory Hall of Fame ; 1890–1891 by the sculptor Rudolf Siemering ; since 1961 at Hohenzollern Castle near Hechingen
Berlin- Schöneberg : on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz ; by sculptor Felix Görling (second casting of the imperial monument in Uerdingen); unveiled March 22, 1892; 1942 victim of the metal donation by the German people
Berlin- Tegel : on the village meadow by sculptor Robert Baerwald ; unveiled March 22, 1895; 1942 victim of the metal donation by the German people
Berlin-Tiergarten: The “Jung Wilhelm” statue shows him in the uniform of the guard fusiliers from 1813; unveiled April 3, 1904; by sculptor Adolf Brütt ; Original in the depot, copy on site
Berlin-Tiergarten: Central statue of the last group of monuments in the former Siegesallee , 1901, probably incorrectly attributed to Reinhold Begas , very likely by August Kraus , see group of monuments 32
Biberach an der Riss : at the Kappenzipfel (near the market square); after the Second World War moved to Memminger Strasse opposite the train station
Bismarckhütte (Upper Silesia): by Fritz Heinemann
Bochum : Monument unveiled on October 2nd, modeled by Prof. Klemens Buscher in Düsseldorf
Bonn : Monument unveiled on October 16, 1906 at the university; Marble statue of Harro Magnussen after restoration since 1989 erected on the ground floor at the Hotel Residence without a base
Bremen : on the facade of the regional court
Wroclaw : on the facade of the government building on Lessingplatz
Bublitz (Pomerania) : on the marketplace
Czarnikau : by Fritz Heinemann
Coesfeld : with base figures; unveiled September 3, 1899; by Wilhelm Haverkamp ; received at the place
Dessau : by Alexander Tondeur on Kaiserplatz (today Friedensplatz), 1892; In 1935, due to the redesign of the square, it became the station forecourt, after 1940 victim of the metal donation by the German people .
Diesbar (Nünchritz) : on the Germania rock
Diez : At the junction of Wilhelmstrasse and Rudolf-Dietz-Strasse, inscription: In memory of the campaign of 1870/71 - erected in 1895
Dinslaken : The statue, made of Ruhr sandstone by the Steel sculptor Bertram Peters, was unveiled on August 10, 1890 near the Altmarkt on a fenced base. There it stood between the former Holtbrügge restaurant and the Catholic Church. In 1937/38 it was moved to the green space of the old cemetery on Hiesfelder Straße (later: Karl-Heinz-Klingen-Straße). It was destroyed there in the bombing raid on March 23, 1945.
Dramburg (Pomerania) : before high school
Driesen at the nets : on the old market; 1896 (on the 700th anniversary of the city conquest, Margrave Otto IV with the arrow ) by Emil Klemens ; On the front of the base is a relief medallion of Emperor Frederick III. attached, on the left and right side the reliefs of Bismarck and Moltke can be seen.
Duisburg : on the town hall facade above the entrance; paired with the statue of Charlemagne, the figures symbolize the founders of the first and second empires. Detail photos .
Düren : on the facade of the hotel "Drei Kaiser", on Kaiserplatz
Düren : Unveiled statue on Kaiserplatz by sculptor Joseph Uphues in 1891 ; melted down in WWII
Eckernförde : in front of the boys' school in Kieler Strasse, cast bronze by Schäffer & Walcker , design by sculptor Emil Klemens, unveiled on May 10, 1899 ; 1942 melting dismantled
Elbing : by Wilhelm Haverkamp; destroyed when the city was destroyed in January 1945
Bad Ems : Marble statue unveiled May 7, 1893; from Paul Otto ; Preserved on site - Incidentally, the only Kaiser Wilhelm I monument showing the monarch in civilian clothes!
Erfurt : made by Georg Kugel from Ruhla to decorate the facade of the town hall at the fish market; Erected in November 1876 and removed in summer 1945
Essen- Kettwig : Statue made of Oberkirchen sandstone by the sculptor Wilhelm Albermann - 1889: Ceremonial unveiling of the monument on the market square, in front of the Protestant church, in memory of 1864, 1866 and 1870/71
Essen- Königssteele : Erected in Baumberger sandstone in 1884 on the corner of Berliner Strasse and Wilhelmstrasse; Sculptor: Leo Müsch (Düsseldorf);
Still image with a new sculpture by weather damage in 1911 Heinrich Wefing replaced
Flensburg : in the district court of Flensburg by sculptor Ernst Herter
Frankfurt am Main: in the Imperial Hall of the Frankfurt Roman , by sculptor Gustav Kaupert
Friedeberg am Queis (Silesia): on the marketplace; Destroyed in 1945
Guard : 1895 by Heinrich Wefing
Bald : combined as a war memorial; Unveiled in 1898; by sculptor Ernst Seger ; destroyed
Graudenz : Unveiled in 1910; Sculptor Heinrich Günther-Gera ; destroyed
Greiz : in Heinrichstrasse (today: Bruno-Bergner-Strasse); Inaugurated in 1888 as the first monument after the death of the emperor; Sculptor Robert Baerwald ; Melted down in 1942
Grünberg (Silesia) : unveiled September 2, 1894; Sculptor Robert Baerwald; destroyed
Hamburg- Altona : on the facade of the house at Willebrandstrasse 37
Herborn : Unveiled in 1903 at the Obertorbrücke; received at another location
Hilden : on the market, by sculptor Wilhelm Albermann ; not received
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe : unveiled on September 10, 1905 in the spa gardens; by sculptor Fritz Gerth ; received at the place
(Kiel-) Holtenau : around the lighthouse; Emperor statue and two accompanying figures to the left and right of the base (god of war and goddess of peace with Viking echoes) by sculptor Ernst Herter ; inaugurated on June 25, 1900; Bronze sculptures 1944 (?) Dismantled and melted down; Base broken off in 1954
Cologne : on the south facade of the courthouse on Appellhofplatz
Königsberg (Prussia) : East Prussian provincial monument by the sculptor Friedrich Reusch, cast by Schäffer & Walcker in Berlin, erected in 1894, on the southwest corner of the palace terrace (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz), removed after 1945
Königswinter : on the south facade of the Drachenburg
Krefeld : by sculptor Gustav Eberlein; originally in the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum; The statue has been temporarily placed on the north side of the museum since 1979.
Krefeld: by sculptor Joseph Ossendorf in the Stadtgarten on St.-Anton-Straße, built in 1880, destroyed by bombs in World War II
Ludenscheid : 1889 in a small green area on today's Sternplatz by the Lüdenscheid sculptor Gottwalt Kuhse (1854–1919); Bronze statue on polished granite base; the emperor (slightly larger than life) depicted in a wide coat leaning on the imperial sword; melted down in World War II
Memel : on Alexanderstrasse, built by Robert Baerwald in 1896, dismantled in 1923, rebuilt in 1939, removed in 1945
Merseburg: in the palace garden , built in 1897, melted down in 1943/44
Meuselwitz not received
Montabaur : by sculptor Gustav Rutz , dismantled and melted down in 1944; The empty base has been preserved.
Neustettin (Pomerania): 1898 by Wilhelm Wandschneider ; Melted down in 1942/1944; The emperor is shown in interim uniform. He rests his right hand on a certificate that rests with a hanging seal on a low pedestal. The left hand rests on the sword handle. The statue stands on a base made of light sandstone, which the Neustettiner sculptor Fuhlbrügge created based on a design by Wandschneider. The heavily damaged coat of arms frieze from the base has been preserved.
Opole / Upper Silesia : Statue on the government square in front of the old government , erected in 1891, destroyed in 1945
Osnabrück : on the town hall facade
Porta Westfalica : Westphalian provincial monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I on the Wittekindsberg above the Wittekindsburg on the Porta Westfalica; Inauguration in the presence of the imperial couple ( Wilhelm II. And Auguste Viktoria) on October 18, 1896; Architecture and construction management: Bruno Schmitz ; The colossal statue (height: 6.8 m) was created by the sculptor Kaspar von Zumbusch and in the k. u. k. Art ore foundry Arthur Krupp , the Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik , cast in bronze .
Poses : as the northern point de vue of Wilhelmstrasse in front of the General Command building
Potsdam : on the facade of the criminal court; 1882 by the sculptor Ernst Herter ; receive
Ratzeburg (Lauenburg): On September 26, 1890, the monument was unveiled in the market square.

The approximately three meter high bronze statue stood on a pedestal made of red Swedish granite . On the front was the dedication: To the unifier of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm I the victorious, the grateful Lauenburg.

The reverse bore the inscription: The Duchy of Lauenburg paid homage to the King of Prussia on September 26, 1865, and under it erected on September 26, 1890.

Bronze reliefs by Bismarck and Moltke were embedded in the narrow sides . The statue and the reliefs became victims of the metal donation of the German people in 1944 . The empty base was removed after 1945.

Reichenbach in Vogtland : by sculptor Alexander Calandrelli
Rheda-Wiedenbrück at the same time war memorial for 1864, 1866 and 1870/71; A statue made of yellow sandstone by the sculptor Christoph Siebe based on a design by Caspar von Zumbusch , a red sandstone base, unveiled on June 4, 1893, has been preserved
Rheine (Westphalia): by sculptor Emil Klemens (Berlin), bronze casting by Schäffer & Walcker ; The statue originally stood in front of the Old Town Hall, was moved to Kyffhäuserplatz in 1939 and handed over to be melted down during the Second World War.
Cutting mill : by Fritz Heinemann, revealed on June 21, 1903, removed and destroyed by the Polish authorities in 1945
Schwelm : Statue with a cannon in front of it from 1870 on the tip between Bahnhofstrasse and Schulstrasse; inaugurated on June 15, 1890; also a war memorial in memory of the soldiers from Schwelm who fell in the campaigns of 1864, 1866 and 1870/71. The 3.10 m high statue of the emperor rested on a base made of Swedish granite.
Schwerin : Still image in the facade of a house on the corner of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse and Orleansstrasse
Soldin (Neumark): 1909 by sculptor Georg Meyer-Steglitz ; razed by the Polish authorities after 1945; A relief image of the Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa could be seen in a plinth niche .
Stargard (Pomerania): Still image from terracotta , created by the pottery factory Ernst March & Sons (Berlin-Charlottenburg)
Steinfurt (Burgsteinfurt): Gustav Rutz created a bronze statue for the Burgsteinfurt market in 1897, showing Emperor Wilhelm I in a general's coat and uniform; Dismantled in 1942 and melted down as a metal donation
Strasbourg (Alsace): Statue on the facade of the post office, as a counterpart the statue of Emperor Wilhelm II - both destroyed
Strasbourg (Alsace): Still image in the entrance hall of the university library, based on a design by Kaspar von Zumbusch; unveiled March 22, 1899; destroyed
Trier: Statue in the cathedral courtyard in 1893 by Ferdinand von Miller ; showed the emperor standing in uniform, a seated eagle in front of the pedestal; after the First World War in 1923 fell from its base by supporters of the Rhenish Republic and damaged in the process; later set up again but melted down around 1943
Ulm : Bronze statue by Max Unger , erected in 1900 on the market square, since 1939 on Olgaplatz
Viersen- Dülken : Inaugurated on the Alter Markt in 1890, later moved to the Cap Horn jewelry square, modeled by the sculptor Leo Müsch
Waldenburg (Silesia) : Bronze statue; Removed and destroyed in 1945
Wesel : at Willibrordi Cathedral, by sculptor Friedrich Pfannschmidt
Wesel: unveiled on June 18, 1907 on Kaiserplatz, by the sculptor Reinhold Begas (copy of the statue from Siegesallee in Berlin), fragments preserved in the building yard
Wiesbaden : made of Carrara marble by the sculptor Johannes Schilling , unveiled on October 16, 1894 in the “Am Warmen Damm” spa complex; Total height 6.82 m
Wildberg (Temnitztal) : 1905 by sculptor Heinrich Wefing
Wilhelmshaven : Erected in 1896 on Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz, opposite the Christ and Garrison Church, based on a design by Robert Baerwald ; Melted down in 1942; In 1969 a bas-relief with the portrait of the emperor was attached to the base that was preserved; In 1994 the statue was reconstructed by Raimund Kittl in the Düsseldorf art foundry
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  • Arolsen:
    in the castle park

  • Berlin-Grunewald:
    in the Grunewald Tower

  • Bonn:
    on the Kaiserplatz

  • Düren:
    on the Kaiserplatz

  • Duisburg:
    on the town hall facade (right)

  • Bad Ems:
    in the spa garden

  • Essen-Königssteele:
    first statue
    1884–1911

  • Essen-Königssteele:
    second statue
    1911–1948

  • Gardelegen:
    Imperial and
    war memorial

  • Hachenburg
    in the castle garden

  • Bad Homburg vor der Höhe:
    in the spa gardens

  • Krefeld:
    at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

  • Neustettin (Pomerania): in
    front of the town hall

  • Opole (Upper Silesia):
    before the old government

  • Porta Westfalica:
    Westphalian Provincial Monument on the Wittekindsberg

  • Ratzeburg:
    on the market square

  • Rheda-Wiedenbrück

  • Stargard (Pomerania):
    on the market square

  • Strasbourg (Alsace):
    in the entrance area of ​​the university library

  • Ulm:
    at Olgaplatz

  • Wiesbaden:
    in the Park Warmer Damm

  • Wildberg:
    on the market square

  • Wilhelmshaven:
    opposite the Christ and Garrison Church.
    The Kaiser gave the city its name.

Seat images

Berlin: by sculptor Rudolf Siemering , Carrara seat in the vestibule of the stock exchange
Berlin: by sculptor Heinrich Pohlmann , group of figures "Four Generations of Hohenzollern" in the Hohenzollern Museum in Monbijou Castle
Dortmund: by sculptor Johannes Schilling , bronze seat in the Westfalenpark (Kaiserhain)
Leipzig: by sculptor Rudolf Siemering, seat image as part of the victory memorial on the Leipzig market ; Melted down in 1946
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  • Dortmund:
    Kaiser Wilhelm I monument in the Westfalenpark

  • Leipzig:
    Victory Monument

Busts and monuments

Ahrensbök: At the end of the Lindenalle in the center of the village.
Baden-Baden: by sculptor Joseph von Kopf , in front of the pump room. Picked from Parian marble. The bust represents the emperor in a Roman toga.
Berlin:
Berlin-Frz.-Buchholz: on the church square by sculptor Arnold Künne , unveiled March 22, 1897, melted down 1942/44
Berlin-Friedrichshagen: in the spa gardens by sculptor Alexander Calandrelli , unveiled on May 15, 1888, melted down in 1942/44
Berlin-Johannisthal: on the church square by sculptor Felix Goerling , unveiled July 3, 1895, overturned from the pedestal in 1922, re-erected in 1933, melted down in 1942
Berlin-Tiergarten: on the "Feldherrenbank", destroyed
Berlin-Weißensee: on Antonplatz by sculptor Felix Görling, unveiled September 26, 1897, melted down in 1942/44
Berlin-Wilmersdorf: on the village meadow by sculptor Arnold Künne, unveiled March 22, 1895, melted down 1942/44
Bojanowo / Province of Poznan: in the market square, unveiled on November 3, 1889, scrapped in 1920. The monument was donated by Prince Hermann von Hatzfeld-Trachenberg .
Bromberg / Province of Poznan: Bust monument in the barracks area of ​​the field artillery regiment 2. Pommersches No. 17th
Deuselbach / Hunsrück: by sculptor Adolf Brütt
Donaustauf / Bavaria: by sculptor Joseph von Kopf , in the Walhalla
Ehingen / Bavaria: by the sculptor Bruno Diamant , lost in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Tower
Flensburg at the Marienkirche in the Marienkirchhof. The bust monument stood there around 1914.
Flomborn / Rheinhessen: by sculptor Reinhold Begas , on the war memorial
Frankfurt am Main / Hessen: Bust at the Parkhotel on Wiesenhüttenplatz
Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance: by sculptor Bruno Diamant, on the waterfront, 1889
Grätz / Province of Poznan: by sculptor Reinhold Begas, on Anna-Platz, unveiled September 2, 1891. The city was annexed by the Poles in 1919 and the monument was removed.
Großschönau: Bust monument in the Kaiserhain on the Hutberg
Gussenstadt: Bust monument on the monument square on the Kaiserlinde
Hamburg-Bergedorf: Bust monument opposite Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz, unveiling on March 22, 1891, model by Felix Görling , catalog item from Gladenbeck
Military training area Hammerstein / West Prussia, district of Schlochau : Erected in 1899
Kaiserbad-Heringsdorf: Bust in the garden of Villa Staudt based on a design by Heinrich Pohlmann , cast by Howaldt
Kitchener (Ontario / CA) unveiled August 13, 1897, portrait medallions by Bismarck and Moltke on the base. The bus was stolen in 1916, and the memorial was later dismantled.
Neuss: Bust in a blind niche on the facade (promenade side) of the (formerly) Imperial Post Office
Lodersleben: Bust at Lodersleben Palace in front of the Heimatstube, unveiled in 1879 on the occasion of the golden wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm I, made by master stonemason Friedrich Thieme, restored in 2003
Löbau Bust monument, was erected in 1905 in the Siegeshain park ( Friedenshain since 1947 ), the monument still exists, the bronze bust has been lost since the end of the Second World War. The bronze writing was also removed.
Mayen / Rhineland-Palatinate: on Bürresheimer Strasse, erected in 1898
Meerane / Saxony: on the gable of the rifle house
Merseburg:
Merseburg: on the gable of the White Wall 18
Merseburg: in the castle park. Erected in 1882, stored in 1897, whereabouts unknown
Mönchengladbach:
Mönchengladbach, Am Wasserturm: in the colorful garden , in front of Villa Heiming. Removed around 1900 because the Kaiserhalle was to be built at this point .
Mönchengladbach, Geneiken: Imperial bust on the Maarplatz ; Erected in 1893, cast bronze by Miller in Munich; receive
Moscow, Russia: Bust monument in the park of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Victoria-Stiftes; donated by the "Association of German Reich Citizens in Moscow" (founded in 1880); lost
Querfurt: Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I (Querfurt)
Ravensburg: Bust monument on Karlstrasse
Reutlingen: Bust monument Planie at the corner of Kaiserstraße from 1892 with a marble bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I and portrait medallions of Kaiser Friedrich III, Bismarck and Moltke
Schwelm: Bust monument in Brunnenpark, erected in 1885. The base is still in the park today, the bust is in the Museum Haus Martfeld
Norderney: 13 meter high pyramid made of stone blocks of different sizes from 75 cities of the German Empire, with a bust of the emperor, unveiled on September 2nd ( Sedan Day ) 1899. Architecture by Hellfriedt Küsthardt , the non-preserved bronze bust by Georg Küsthardt .
Tacken / Brandenburg: Bust after the model by Heinrich Walger , in the center of the village, unveiled on September 8, 1889
Trachenberg / Silesia: Bust based on the model of Reinhold Begas , on the market square next to the war memorial 1870/71; lost
Tremessen / Province of Poznan: Bronze bust on a red-brown granite base
Tübingen / Württemberg: Bust of the sculptor Karl Federlin on the Kaiser Wilhelm Tower on the Österberg, (lost); 1891
Überlingen / Baden: Bust with a war memorial of the fallen soldiers of the Wars of Unification by Emil Stadelhofer on the landing site ; unveiled June 10, 1900; Canceled in 1934; Memorial plaques preserved up to the Second World War, then melted down ( picture )
Wiesbaden / Province of Hesse: * Bust on the facade of the town hall (architect G. Hauberisser, Munich) on Schlossplatz; 1887. The town hall was partially destroyed in the Second World War. During the reconstruction, the town hall facade was restored in a simplified form.
Wesel-Diersfordt / Wesel district Bust in front of the Diersfordt Cemetery of Honor. Created in January 1896 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the rebuilding of the German Empire.
Wiesbaden / Province of Hesse: Bust made of red Main sandstone on a console in a round blind niche on the facade of the military spa “Wilhelms-Heilanstalt”, erected 1868–1871 according to plans by the architect Philipp Hoffmann in Wiesbaden. The signature identifies the bust as a work by the sculptor Karl Keil .
Wülfrath (Mettmann district): The Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (Wülfrath) is an imperial monument in the form of a two-part, hexagonal Gothic fial column made of syenite with a bust of Emperor Wilhelm I made of Carrarian marble . In the lower part of the round temple there is a larger than life bust of the emperor. The inscription plaque, which has not been preserved, dedicated the monument to the emperor with the words: "Wilhelm I / Magnus Imperator"
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  • Ahrensbök:
    Monument at the end of the lime tree avenue in the center of the village

  • Friedrichshafen:
    Monument on the promenade in Friedrichshafen

  • Heringsdorf:
    Monument on the beach promenade in Heringsdorf

  • Löbau: bust monument of Kaiser Wilhelm I (bronze bust lost)

  • Neuss:
    The imperial bust at the Alte Post

  • Norderney:
    The Kaiser Wilhelm monument with the imperial bust

  • Norderney:
    inscription plaque on the imperial monument

  • Norderney:
    ... with a seagull instead of an imperial bust

  • Gussenstadt:
    The Bronze Emperor with Moltke and Bismarck

  • Ravensburg:
    Imperial monument on Karlstrasse

  • Wesel-Diersfordt:
    The imperial monument in front of the cemetery of honor

  • Wülfrath:
    The imperial monument on Bismarckplatz

  • Unknown location Imperial
    bust and memorial hall in a Kaiser Wilhelm high school

  • Hamburg-Bergedorf
    bust monument of Kaiser Wilhelm I in the Bergedorf Palace Park

Memorial stones

Monuments with relief representations and medallions

Adenau Kaiser Wilhelm Tower, on the Hohe Acht , high relief with medallion above the entrance door
Bad Berleburg War memorial 1866 and 1870/71 with Emperor Wilhelm I relief, on the market square, unveiled on November 18, 1901, design by the Berlin sculptor Arnold Künne based on an idea by the Berlin painter Richard Winckel
Bad Bibra Kaiser Wilhelm I monument with a relief portrait
Bad reason Kaiser Wilhelm I colossal relief, on the Hübichenstein by sculptor Georg Wilhelm Bode
Bad Kosen Obelisk with relief, donated by the Kösener Seniors Convents Association at the Rudelsburg
Bad Salzuflen Kaiser Wilhelm I monument made of boulders with a relief portrait and an eagle
Bad Schussenried Emperor stone with a relief medallion of Emperor Wilhelm I, on the boulder a soaring eagle
Bonn Kaiser Wilhelm monument on the Venusberg , erected in 1897 on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm in the middle of what was then Kaiser Wilhelm Park
Friedland / Mecklenburg. Kaiser Wilhelm I memorial stone (pyramid-like made of field stones with inset relief), destroyed after 1945
Hirschberg / Silesia Stone pyramid with Emperor Wilhelm I relief, W and iron cross ; initiated by the Hirschberg merchant Zelder and created according to plans by the sculptor Karl Schuler .
The stones for the pyramid were carried up the mountain piece by piece by members of the Hirschberg men's gymnastics club and joined together to form a pyramid. The building was completed on May 26th, 1888. The unveiling took place two days later.
The monument was renewed in the early 1930s.
Lommersum by sculptor Peter Quirin from Kyllburg, monument with relief medallion, erected in 1887
Strasburg / Uckermark by sculptor Albert Manthe , Kaiser Obelisk, unveiled in 1892, not preserved
Waren / Müritz Kaiser Wilhelm-Stein with bronze relief and eagle. After 1945 Stein was rededicated in memory of 224 concentration camp prisoners who died in Waren-Retzow
Wyk on Föhr Sandstone stele with metal applications, on a pedestal, in the public parking lot of the Wyker city administration. The unveiling took place on September 2, 1895.
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  • Adenau:
    The entrance to the KW tower on the Hohe Acht

  • Bad Berleburg:
    War memorial 1866 and 1870/71 with Emperor Wilhelm I relief

  • Bad Grund:
    The Hübichenstein with emperor relief and eagle

  • Bad Kösen, Rudelsburg: The Kaiser Obelisk

  • Hirschberg:
    Kaiser Wilhelm pyramid
    on the high wheel

  • The ruined monument
    on the Hoher Rad today

  • Lommersum:
    The monument on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz

  • Wyk auf Föhr:
    Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I.

  • Bad Salzuflen:
    Kaiser Wilhelm I monument with a relief portrait and an eagle

Towers, the basic idea of ​​which was dedicated to the memory of Emperor Wilhelm I.

Adenau s. O.
Arnstadt / Thuringia: Kaiser Wilhelm Tower ( Alteburgturm ) on the Alteburg
Berlin Grunewald Tower on the Karlsberg
Blankenburg am Harz the Kaiserwarte
Debschwitz at Gera Fuchsturm on the Fuchsberg
Eberswalde Kaiser Wilhelm Tower - observation tower with restaurant
blown up on April 24, 1945 by withdrawing German troops
Ehingen on the Danube Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Tower on the Wolfert
eat Kaiser Wilhelm Tower on the hello ; Badly damaged in World War II, remains blown up in the early 1970s
Eutin ( Schleswig-Holstein ) Kaiser Wilhelm Tower (Eutin) on the Kellersee
Gadernheim in the denwald Kaiserturm on the Neunkircher Höhe ; Inauguration and handover on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Darmstadt branch of the Odenwald Club on July 7, 1907.
Herne , Mont Cenis colliery Kaiser Wilhelm Tower (water tower) 1912/13, design: Alfred Fischer
Hirschberg (Province of Silesia ) Kaiserturm on the local mountain
Kaltenbronn near Gernsbach Kaiser Wilhelm Tower on the Hohloh
Marburg (1) Kaiser-Wilhelm-Turm, on the Ortenberg, (highest elevation of the Lahnberge east of Marburg) , start of construction: 1874; not preserved, in the stormy night of March 13, 1876, the 34.5 m high observation tower collapsed due to structural defects. The association for the erection of an imperial tower is so divided over this failure that it dissolves.
(2) The “Siegesturm”, known as the Spiegelslustturm , on the Ortenberg, plateau “Spiegelslust”, has been preserved. Start of the project: 1886, construction period 1887–1890, celebration of the inauguration and opening on September 2 ( Sedan Day ) 1890
Meffersdorf
Lkrs. Lauban 		Tower "Mon Plaisir" in the Jizera Mountains . 1804 as a job creation measure initiated by Adolf Traugott von Gersdorff , master at Meffersdorf Castle, and financed from his own resources (6000 Taler ); Completed in 1805. 1850 first restoration. 1885 second restoration; at the same time rededication to the Kaiser Wilhelm Tower, preserved as a ruin.
Morbach in the Hunsrück Kaiserturm on the Erbeskopf , built in 1901; not received. The tower was initially used as a lookout tower, later also as a measuring station for the Deuselbach weather station. During the Second World War , the tower was misused for military purposes. After the Second World War, the Erbeskopf was part of the US Baumholder training area . In 1961 the US Army gave in to a demand: on August 18, the tower was blown up.
Oliva near Danzig ( Prov. West Prussia ) Kaiserturm on the Carlsberg (340 feet above sea level); Established in 1882 as a private foundation by Kaiser Wilhelm I; not received
Orlamünde in the Saale valley Kaiser Wilhelm Tower above the Saale, 409 m above sea level.
Oswitz near Breslau Kaiser Wilhelm Tower on the Schwedenschanze. Donated by the Breslauer Beautification Association, inaugurated on August 30, 1902; not received.
Bad Schmiedeberg Kaiser Wilhelm Tower on the "Schöne Aussicht" in the Dübener Heide , completed in 1910, repaired in 2006; Lookout tower with restaurant
Tübingen Österbergturm on the top of the Österberg . Erected as the first Kaiser Wilhelm monument in the Kingdom of Württemberg , the tower is now used as a transmission mast. For this purpose, the tip was removed in 1963.
Wernigerode in the Harz Mountains Kaiser Wilhelm Tower on the Armeleuteberg
Wölfelsgrund ( Habelschwerdt district ) Kaiser Wilhelm Tower on the Glatzer Schneeberg (1423 m above sea level). The Polish authorities responsible since 1945 as "administrators" of the former German eastern provinces let the tower fall into disrepair; because of dilapidation it was blown up on October 11, 1973.
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  • Adenau:
    Kaiser Wilhelm Tower
    on the Hohe Acht (back)

  • Berlin:
    The Grunewald Tower

  • Gadernheim:
    Imperial Tower

  • Herne:
    Kaiser Wilhelm Tower ( water tower ) at the Mont Cenis colliery

  • Marburg:
    The first KW tower
    (collapsed in 1876)

  • Marburg:
    The mirror pleasure tower
    on the Ortenberg

  • Tübingen:
    The KW tower
    on the Österberg

War memorials 1870/71 with a relief medallion of Emperor Wilhelm I.

Altena in Westphalia Relief on the north side of the war memorial; Design: Architect Giese, Halle
Amorbach in Bavaria On the base of the war memorial are the relief medallions of Emperor Wilhelm I and King Ludwig II of Bavaria
Apolda On the base of the monument, which originally stood on the school square in front of the commercial school, the reliefs of Emperor Wilhelm I, Imperial Chancellor Bismarck and Grand Duke Karl Alexander of Saxony could be seen. The monument no longer stands.
Bernkastel-Kues / Hunsrück On the pedestal stood an infantryman with a flag; not received
Duisburg Relief on the war memorial in the Homberg district; unveiled on March 22, 1887 in memory of the fallen comrades (moved to the banks of the Rhine).
Luebz Relief at the war memorial in 1870/71, 1885 by Ludwig Brunow , get
Malchin Relief on the war memorial 1870/71, 1877 by Adolph Siegfried (overall design by master builder Büschel), destroyed (only cube pedestal preserved)
Moers Relief on the war memorial in the Repelen district
Mogilno / Province of Poznan District war memorial 1870/71, relief on the obelisk, in front of it a Prussian hunter; Erected in 1903
Neuss Relief on the war memorial for the fallen in the Wars of Unification by Wilhelm Albermann , unveiled in 1878, inscription plaque with emperor relief on the war memorial in the main cemetery in Neuss has been preserved.
Plön Relief on the Parnassus Tower
Riesenburg / West Prussia The inscription on the base is remarkable - in deep West Prussia, of all places, it says »THE WATCH ON THE RHEIN«.
Rippberg Relief on the war memorial 1870/71 at the junction to the train station
Röbel Relief on the war memorial 1870/71, dismantled in 1956 for "traffic-related reasons" (parking spaces for the hospital doctors), re-erection not realized
Vellahn Relief on the war memorial 1870/71, consecrated for the 100th birthday of the emperor on March 22, 1897, also with a relief of Friedrich Franz II , preserved without relief
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  • Mogilno / Prov. Poznan:
    District War Memorial 1870/71

  • Riesenburg /
    Prov. West Prussia:
    War memorial 1870/71 with relief image

  • Bad Tölz / Bavaria:
    War memorial 1870/71
    relief on the base

Trees

The Wilhelmseiche with the Wilhelmsstein in Ratekau

Trees - oaks were preferred - were often planted in prominent places in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm I , or existing trees were named in his honor. In addition, a corresponding memorial stone was often erected near the trees .

Bells

Cologne:
The imperial bell
in the cathedral
  • The imperial bell in Cologne Cathedral ; melted down in World War I. Under the relief of the imperial eagle was the inscription:
    "I am called the imperial bell, I praise the
    emperor's name, I
    stand in holy waiting, I
    implore the German Empire,
    That peace and honor '
    God bless him'!"
  • Two new bells were cast for the Luisenkirche in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1883. One of them with the relief image of Kaiser Wilhelm I and his motto
    "In faith there is love and hope."
  • The Kaiser Wilhelm bell in the Memorial Church of the Protestation in Speyer bears the words
    "What a turning point through God's providence" next to the portrait of the emperor .

Further honors

Commons : Kaiser Wilhelm I. Monuments  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Reinhard Alings: Monument and Nation. The image of the nation state in the medium of monument - on the relationship between nation and state in the German Empire 1871–1918 = B. Sösemann (Ed.): Contributions to the history of communication , Vol. 4 Berlin / New York 1996.
  • Wolfgang Cilleßen: Altars for the Fatherland - The Lower Rhine as a national-patriotic monument landscape , Wesel, self-published by the City Archives 2002, ISBN 3-924380-20-1
  • Heinz Csallner: Imperial monuments in old views. Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1982, ISBN 90-288-1961-4 (out of print)
  • Heinz Csallner: Imperial monuments in the county of Glatz. In: Heimatblatt Grafschafter Bote , 1985
  • Heinz Csallner: German imperial monuments in old views. Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1994, ISBN 90-288-1961-4 (out of print)
  • Eutin circular gazette from January 11, 1954
  • 100 years of the "Kaiser Wilhelm Tower" (Wölfelsgrund). In: newspaper "Der Schlesier" from August 6, 1999
  • Rolf Grimm: Annual reports of the Gustav Eberlein Research e. V. Münden
  • Paul Habel: Guide through Breslau. Wroclaw 1908
  • Otto Kuntzemüller: The monuments of Kaiser Wilhelm the Great in illustrations with explanatory text . Bremen undated [1902] (structured according to location, with pictures)
  • Carl Meyer: The Kaiser Wilhelm Tower on the hello. Stoppenberg o. J.
  • Maik without time: "... to erect a worthy memorial to the founder of the empire." The Kaiser Wilhelm memorial in Bergedorf . In: Lichtwark-Heft No. 72 (2007), pp. 43–46. Publishing house HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. ISSN  1862-3549 .
  • Maik Ohnezeit: Memory of the “Heroes Emperor”: a portrait bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I. In: Information and reports from the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum , 4/2008, pp. 20–23.
  • Rhein-Main-Blatt , No. 260 of November 8, 1986
  • Friedemann Schmoll : Eternal nation. Tübingen 1995
  • Jürgen Schütze: Grunewaldturm panoramic restaurant - where Berlin is most beautiful. History of the tower, Berlin no year (around 1980)
  • Ernst Tiedt: German saying treasure . Stuttgart 1908, p. 36f
  • Peter Wittgens: Denk-mal - magazine for members and friends of the Association of the Prussian Monument Institute - Association for Researching Prussian Monuments e. V. , Neuss 1993-1996
  • Bernhard Berzheim: Venusberg. The Bonn balcony . Bonn 2001
  • Josef Ruland: Between Melb and Weiher . Bonn 1983

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ erfurt-web.de
  2. ^ Liberty of March 9, 1949, online
  3. ↑ Information from the town chroniclers of Wriezen 2015
  4. ↑ Jan Niko Kirschbaum: Kaiser Wilhelm Monument. In: denkmal-wuppertal.de.
  5. ↑ erfurt-web.de
  6. ↑ Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial on the pages of Holtenau History , accessed on October 12, 2017
  7. ↑ wiedenbruecker-schule.org ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wiedenbruecker-schule.org
  8. ↑ Klaus Peter Schmitz: Aechte de Muer - a Schwelmer district and its neighborhood. In: https://www.heimatkunde-schwelm.de . 2007, accessed July 20, 2020 .
  9. ^ The changing market: the bronze statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I , at heimatverein-burgsteinfurt.de, accessed on September 29, 2015
  10. ↑ Harald Hohnsbehn: 1914 July crisis and August experience in Flensburg. Flensburg 2014, p. 69.
  11. ^ Lodersleben - The Kaiser Wilhelm Monument. In: https://www.lodersleben.de . Retrieved June 29, 2020 .
  12. ↑ 24pm advertising agency GmbH: Large district town Löbau | Löbau's memorial stones & monuments / city tour / leisure & tourism. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Löbau / Sa. - Siegeshain, Kaiser Wilhelm Monument. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  14. ↑ PAUL JUCKOFF: Merseburg in pictures - Kaiser Wilhelm I. In: https://merseburg.im-bild.org . April 26, 2015, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Why the emperor's beard grew so big. In: www.derwesten.de. September 26, 2015, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  16. ↑ arnstadt.de
  17. ↑ Figure