List of Kaiser Wilhelm I equestrian monuments

The list, which is complete as far as we know today, focuses on the equestrian statues in honor of Emperor Wilhelm I , some of which were decorated with extensive pedestal decorations and framed with monumental architecture. For details see H.-J. Jechel: Kaiser Wilhelm I. equestrian monuments (see literature). For further imperial monuments see the list of Kaiser Wilhelm I monuments .

Executed projects

Location	Whereabouts	material	Artist	Establishment / inauguration	Further information
Aachen Theaterplatz	August 1942 dismantled and stored on the tournament ground in the Soers ; March 1943 bronze figures delivered for melting down; after 1945 base removed	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker (still picture) or Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen (base figures and reliefs)	Fritz Schaper	Oct 18, 1901	Total height approx. 10 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, costs 250,000 m
Arnsberg-Neheim Heumarkt	destroyed	Copper electroplating from Sommer, Munich ( WMF )	Gustav Eberlein	1893	initially on the site of the sculptor (see Hann. Münden), sold to Neheim in 1897
Berlin (private property)	receive	Styrofoam	(after) Friedrich Drake	Aug 16, 1981	Replica of the equestrian statue from Cologne's Hohenzollern Bridge for the Prussian Exhibition in Berlin in 1981, then privately owned in Berlin-Lichterfelde
Berlin-Mitte Schloss Freiheit	destroyed in 1950, parts preserved	Cast bronze u. a. from Gladenbeck's Broncegiesserei, Inh. Walter & Paul Gladenbeck , Friedrichshagen	Reinhold Begas and others	March 22, 1897	Main article: Kaiser Wilhelm National Monument
Berlin-Spandau Platz at the Garrison Church	September 1942: dismantling of all bronze parts and delivery for melting down; 1945 removal of the base	Bronze casting by the art and bell foundry Lauchhammer	Franz Dorrenbach	Apr 14, 1909	Equestrian statue 3 m, cost approx. 35,000 M
Bernburg Karlsplatz	1942 demolition of the monument; Submission of the rider for melting down	Bronze cast by Martin & Piltzing, Berlin	Ludwig Manzel	May 22, 1901	Total height approx. 8 m, equestrian statue 4 m, costs 70,000 m
Bielefeld in front of the town hall	eliminated in 1921	marble	Eduard Albrecht	29 Aug 1907	Design by Wilhelm Freiherr von Tettau , total height approx. 6 m, equestrian statue 3.50 m, cost 30,000 M, removed in 1921 due to severe damage
Bremen Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz	April 1940: Submission of the allegories for melting down; June 1942: equestrian statue dismantled and melted down; 1947: Demolition of the empty base	Bronze casting from Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen	Robert Bärwald	Oct 18, 1893	Total height approx. 7.5 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, cost 216,000 m
Breslau ramparts	destroyed October 1945	Bronze cast by Ferdinand von Miller , Munich	Christian Behrens	4th Sep 1896	Total height approx. 13 m, equestrian statue 6 m, costs 600,000 m
Bromberg Weltzienplatz	brought to Meseritz before being returned to Poland	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Alexander Calandrelli	17 Sep 1893	Total height approx. 7 m, equestrian statue 4 m, costs 73,000 M, moved to Meseritz in 1918 (see there)
Chemnitz market square	Autumn 1945: removal of the monument; Scrapping of the equestrian statue	Cast bronze by Lauchhammer	Wilhelm von Rümann	June 22, 1899	Total height approx. 9.20 m, equestrian statue 4.65 m, costs 171,000 M (including two flanking statues by Bismarck and Moltke)
Gdansk Square at the High Gate	April 1945: Completely eliminated after the invasion of the Soviets.	Bronze casting by Gladenbeck's Broncegiesserei, Inh. Walter & Paul Gladenbeck , Friedrichshagen near Berlin	Eugen Börmel	21 Sep 1903	Total height approx. 9 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, costs 160,000 m; See also here for details
Dortmund Hohensyburg	1935/36: reconstruction of the monument; Preserved equestrian statue	Bronze cast by Gladenbeck's Broncegiesserei, Inh. Walter & Paul Gladenbeck , Friedrichshagen	Adolf von Donndorf	June 30, 1902	Total height approx. 9 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, total costs 700,000 M (overall architectural design by Hubert Stier ). Reconstruction work due to alleged damage to the substance. The monument was changed in favor of a design based on Nazi architecture, which followed a model by the sculptor Friedrich Bagdons ; see also here
Dusseldorf 1. Alleestraße 2. Place of the Dt. Unit 3. Martin-Luther-Platz	on the Martin-Luther-Platz; receive	Bronze casting from Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen	Karl Janssen	Oct 18, 1896	Main article: Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (Düsseldorf)
Duisburg Kaiserberg	1942: bronzes handed over to be melted down; 1957: Removal of the empty base	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Friedrich Reusch	Sep 2 1898	Total height approx. 8 m, equestrian statue 5 m, cost 160,000 m
Elberfeld 1. Am Brausenwerth 2. in De-Weerth-Garten	March 1937: dismantling of the monument; after protests, the rider was re-erected on a modern base in De-Weerth-Garten; 1944: equestrian statue for melting down; after 1945: redesign of the base into a "memorial for the victims of the Second World War"	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Gustav Eberlein	Oct 18, 1893	Main article → Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (Wuppertal) , total height approx. 8 m, equestrian statue 3.50 m, cost 118,000 M
Erfurt Kaiserplatz	destroyed in 1942	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Ludwig Brunow	25 Aug 1900	Total height approx. 9 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, costs 90,000 m
Eat Burgplatz	new base 1930 (one base figure destroyed); receive	Bronze cast by Paul Stotz , Stuttgart	Hermann Volz	Oct 23, 1898	Total height approx. 8.5 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, costs 197,000 m
Frankfurt am Main Taunusanlagen	destroyed in 1940	Bronze casting by ore foundry Wilhelm Rupp, owner Hans Klement, Munich	Clemens Buscher	May 10, 1896	Total height approx. 7.5 m, equestrian statue 3 m, costs 220,000 m
Frankfurt (Oder) Wilhelmsplatz	destroyed in 1944; Base removed after 1945	Bronze casting from Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen	Max Unger	Oct. 20, 1900	Total height approx. 8.5 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, costs 75,000 m
Geislingen at the city church	removed in 1980; renewed	Copper electroplating from WMF	Gustav Eberlein	March 22, 1894	Total height approx. 5 m, equestrian statue 2.50 m, costs approx. 10,000 m, because of severe damage 1983 Neuguss (see below)
Geislingen church square	receive	Bronze cast by Strassacker, Süssen	(after) Eberlein	July 12, 1983	Total height approx. 5 m, equestrian statue 2.50 m
Gera Adelheidplatz	destroyed 1940/1941	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Gustav Eberlein	March 22, 1894	Total height approx. 10 m, equestrian statue 3.50 m, costs 37,000 m
Glogau Wilhelmsplatz	destroyed in 1945	Cast bronze by Lauchhammer	Karl Wedge	Oct 10, 1900	Total height approx. 8 m, equestrian statue 4 m, costs 40,000 m
Goerlitz Obermarkt	destroyed 1942/1944	Cast bronze by Lauchhammer	Johannes Pfuhl	May 18, 1893	Total height approx. 12 m, equestrian statue 5.50 m, costs 150,000 m
Goslar Imperial Palace	receive	in copper sheet from Martin & Piltzing, Berlin	Walter Schott	1900	Total height approx. 7 m, equestrian statue 3.50 m
Halle (Saale) Park on Martinsberg	destroyed 1943/1947	Cast bronze by Lauchhammer	Peter Breuer	Aug 26, 1901	Equestrian statue 4.50 m, cost 350,000 M (for the entire complex including the statues of Bismarck and Moltke), overall design by Bruno Schmitz , collaboration with Christian Behrens , damaged in the war, finally destroyed in 1947
Hamburg Rathausmarkt	destroyed	Wood / plaster	Engelbert Peiffer	June 17, 1871	somewhat larger than life, as a festival decoration for the entry of the victorious troops, later set up in the (old) town hall
Hamburg Holstenwall	receive	Cast bronze by Lauchhammer	Johannes Schilling	June 20, 1903	Main article: Kaiser Wilhelm I Monument (Hamburg)
Hamburg-Altona town hall forecourt	receive	Bronze casting from Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen	Gustav Eberlein	June 18, 1898	Main article: Kaiser Wilhelm I. Monument (Hamburg) #Monument in Altona
Hannoversch Münden Eberburg	destroyed	Copper electroplating from Sommer, Munich ( WMF )	Gustav Eberlein	1893	initially on the sculptor's property, sold to (Arnsberg-) Neheim in 1897 (see there)
Hannoversch Münden Eberburg	destroyed in 1950	Copper electroplating from WMF	Gustav Eberlein		on the sculptor's property
Heidelberg Ludwigsplatz	destroyed in 1918; Base removed in 1920	Bronze cast by Gladenbeck's Broncegiesserei, Inh. Walter & Paul Gladenbeck , Friedrichshagen	Adolf von Donndorf	Dec 5, 1901	Total height approx. 6.5 m, equestrian statue 3.50 m, cost 39,000 m
Herne Schäferstrasse	destroyed in 1940	Bronze cast by Wilhelm Rupp, Munich	Alois Mayer	27 Sep 1903	Total height approx. 7.2 m, equestrian statue 4.20 m, cost 38,000 m
Hildesheim	destroyed in 1942	Bronze casting from Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen	Otto Lessing	Oct. 31, 1900	Total height approx. 8 m, equestrian statue 4 m, cost 92,000 M, base converted into a war memorial in 1955
Hohensalza Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz	destroyed in 1919	Bronze cast by Gladenbeck, Berlin	Karl Wedge	Oct 18, 1899	Total height approx. 8 m, equestrian statue 4 m, costs 40,000 m
Karlsruhe Kaiserplatz	preserved (four base figures destroyed)	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Adolf Heer	Oct 18, 1897	Total height approx. 11 m, equestrian statue 5.2 m, costs 220,000 m
Kiel castle garden	preserved (base figures destroyed)	Bronze cast by Gladenbeck's Broncegiesserei, Inh. Walter & Paul Gladenbeck , Friedrichshagen	Adolf Brütt	Nov 24, 1896	Total height approx. 8.5 m, equestrian statue 4 m, costs 265,000 m
Koblenz German Corner	Sculpture destroyed in 1945 (reconstructed)	in copper sheet by Georg Howaldt, owner Paul Rinckleben , Braunschweig	Emil Hundrieser	Aug 31, 1897	Equestrian statue 14 m, overall system based on a design by Bruno Schmitz , cost 1,200,000 M, equestrian statue reconstructed in bronze in 1993 (see below)
Koblenz German Corner	receive	Bronze casting by the Raimund Kittl foundry , Düsseldorf	(after) Hundrieser	25 Sep 1993	Equestrian statue 14 m, costs 3,000,000 DM
Cologne Hohenzollern Bridge	receive	Bronze cast by founder Hermann Gladenbeck, Friedrichshagen b. Berlin	Friedrich Drake	Dec 13, 1867	Total height after re-erection in 1957 approx. 11 m, equestrian statue 5.7 m, cost 116,000 m
Cologne Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring	destroyed in 1943	Bronze cast by Martin & Piltzing, Berlin	Richard Anders	June 18, 1897	Total height approx. 10 m, equestrian statue 5 m, costs 300,000 m
Cologne- Mülheim Rheinufer	destroyed in 1942	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Clemens Buscher	Oct 16, 1898	Total height approx. 7.5 m, equestrian statue approx. 3 m, costs 68,000 m. A plaque attached to the base with the names of the Mülheimers who fell in 1870/71 is preserved in Cologne's Melatenfriedhof.
Liegnitz Breslauer Platz	destroyed in 1945	Bronze casting from Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen	Johannes Boese	Aug 4, 1898	Total height approx. 11.5 m, equestrian statue 4.60 m, costs 80,000 m
Lübeck at the main train station	receive	Bronze casting from Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen b. Berlin	Louis Tuaillon	May 30, 1934	Total height approx. 10 m, equestrian statue 3.50 m, cost 180,000 M, commissioned in 1912, cast in 1921, initially in private ownership prior to official installation
Magdeburg Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz	destroyed in 1946	Cast bronze by Lauchhammer	Rudolf Siemering	25 Aug 1897	Cost 175,000 M, dismantled in 1942, but stored until 1946
Mannheim Palace Square	destroyed in 1942	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Gustav Eberlein	Oct 14, 1894	Total height approx. 12 m, equestrian statue 6.50 m, costs 250,000 m
Meseritz Bahnhofstrasse	destroyed in 1945	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Alexander Calandrelli	1929	Brought to Meseritz from Bromberg in 1919 (see there), only erected in 1929, destroyed in fighting at the front in 1945
Metz Esplanade	destroyed on November 17, 1918 ( historical photo of the monument that fell from its base )	Bronze cast by Ferdinand von Miller , Munich	Ferdinand von Miller	Sep 11 1892	Total height approx. 8.5 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, costs 120,000 m
Mönchengladbach Kaiserplatz	destroyed 1940/1942; Base removed after 1945	Bronze cast by Gladenbeck, Berlin	Gustav Eberlein	July 18, 1897	Total height approx. 9.5 m, equestrian statue 4.40 m, costs 78,000 m
Münster (Westphalia) new location	destroyed 1942/1944	Bronze casting from Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen	Friedrich Reusch	Oct. 27, 1897	Costs 105,000 M
Nuremberg Egidienplatz	receive	Bronze cast by Lenz, Nuremberg	Wilhelm von Rümann	Nov 14, 1905	Total height approx. 7.5 m, equestrian statue 4.3 m, cost 199,000 m
Osnabrück Goetheplatz	destroyed in 1944; Base removed after 1945	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Adolf Heer	July 16, 1899	Total height approx. 12 m, equestrian statue 5.2 m, costs 60,000 m
Potsdam Long Bridge	destroyed in 1950	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Ernst Herter	Apr 11, 1901	Total height approx. 8 m, equestrian statue 4 m, costs 217,000 m
Prenzlau market square	destroyed in 1943	Cast bronze by Lauchhammer	Johannes Schilling	June 18, 1898	Total height approx. 7 m, equestrian statue 3.50 m, costs 51,000 m
(Berlin-) Rixdorf (> Berlin- Neukölln ) Hohenzollernplatz	destroyed in 1944; Base removed after 1945	Bronze casting from Aktien-Gesellschaft, vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn Bildgiesserei , Friedrichshagen b. Berlin	Albert Moritz Wolff	March 22, 1902	Total height approx. 8.5 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, costs 60,000 m
Saarbrücken Old Bridge (Saarbrücken)	removed after 1946	Bronze casting by Gladenbeck's bronze foundry, Inh. Walter & Paul Gladenbeck, Friedrichshagen	Adolf von Donndorf	May 14, 1904	Total height approx. 7.5 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, cost approx. 140,000 m, was removed after the end of the Second World War - as a symbol of Prussian militarism - on the orders of the French occupying forces.
Siegen market square	destroyed in 1942	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Friedrich Reusch	Oct 18, 1892	Costs 42,000 M
Sondershausen Kyffhäuser	receive	in copper sheet by H. Seitz, Munich	Emil Hundrieser	June 18, 1896	Main article: Kyffhäuser Monument
St. Andreasberg	destroyed	Snow sculpture	Karl Harzig	Feb. 1906	erected during a snow building competition
Szczecin Paradeplatz	destroyed in 1945	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Karl Hilgers	Nov 1, 1894	Total height approx. 11 m, equestrian statue 4.50 m, cost 250,000 M, at the same time as a war memorial for 1870/71
Stolp Stefansplatz	destroyed in 1945	Bronze casting	Johannes Boese	5th Sep 1910	Costs 63,000 M
Strasbourg Kaiserplatz	destroyed 1918/1920	Bronze casting	Ludwig Manzel	May 6, 1911	Costs 244,000 M
Stuttgart Karlsplatz	receive	Bronze cast by Paul Stolz, Stuttgart	Wilhelm von Rümann	Oct. 1, 1898	Total height approx. 9.20 m, equestrian statue 4.90 m, costs 200,000 m
Waldheim	destroyed	Copper electroplating from WMF	Gustav Eberlein	March 22, 1897	Total height approx. 5 m, equestrian statue 2.50 m, costs approx. 10,000 m
Weißenfels market square	destroyed in 1949	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker, Berlin	Ernst Wenck	Aug 18, 1900	Total height approx. 8.20 m, equestrian statue 4.20 m, cost 68,000 m, relief panels from the base preserved in the city museum
Wriezen market square	destroyed 1942/1944	Bronze cast by Gladenbeck, Berlin	Heinrich Splieth	Sep 1 1912	Total height approx. 7.40 m, equestrian statue 3.90 m, cost 25,000 m, base with granite slabs removed in 1975

Planned but unrealized projects

planned location	Whereabouts	material	Artist	Dating	Further information
Neuss , at the armory	unknown	plaster	Architecture: Franz Brantzky ------------------------ Equestrian statue: Johann Baptist Schreiner	1914 (design) 1915 (construction)	no longer realized because of the First World War
Stendal	unknown	plaster	Peter Breuer	1914 (draft)	no longer realized due to the beginning of the First World War
Stralsund					June 30, 1912 “Flower Day for the Best of the Kaiser Wilhelm I Monument”, project not realized

Statuettes and replicas

Some of the equestrian statuettes mentioned below are also documented by examples of Wilhelm I as King of Prussia . Equestrian statuettes of Kaiser Wilhelm II (sculptors Kaffsack and Schroeder) are also listed.

Whereabouts	Material size	Artist	Dating	Further information
		Anonymous		auctioned by Leo Spik auction house, Berlin: equestrian statuette (Kaiser Wilhelm I.). Silver plated. On a rectangular base, inscription panels with the names of aristocratic war participants (after the Battle of Königgrätz?). H. or S. 9 cm. Slate 2 × 16 × 9 cm
		Anonymous	1888	"Latest Communications" VII. Volume, No. 78, Friday, August 17, 1888: The commanding general of the 15th Army Corps, General of the Cavalry von Heuduck, announced on the 15th of December. Mts. celebrated 50 years of service in Strasbourg. His Majesty the Emperor awarded him the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order, and the officers and senior officials of the Army Corps presented him with a splendid gift of honor, an equestrian statuette of Emperor Wilhelm I on richly furnished ground.
Cologne, City Museum		Richard Anders	1897	Replica of the equestrian monument erected in Cologne in 1897
Karlsruhe, art gallery	Copper (galvano)	Carl Hans Bernewitz (after R. Begas)	1897	Replica of the entire complex of the national monument erected in Berlin in 1897
1) Berlin, State Palaces and Gardens Foundation 2) Berlin, Berlinische Galerie	Bronze 40 cm	Carl Hans Bernewitz (after R. Begas)	1897	Replica of the national monument erected in Berlin in 1897; Guss Gladenbeck ("catalog goods")
		Alexander Calandrelli	(1893)	According to his biography in: Müller-Künstlerlexikon , 1882; von Calandrelli 1893 the equestrian monument in Bromberg
		Carl Dorn	1894	at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1894; distributed by WMF Geislingen as catalog goods
Koblenz, Middle Rhine Museum	Hollow electroplating	Emil Hundrieser	1892	Draft for the equestrian monument at the Deutsches Eck Koblenz
		Joseph Kaffsack	1890	Note: equestrian statuette of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
		Karl Wedge	before 1889	Merchandise in zinc and bronze from Gladenbecks Broncegiesserei, Inh. Walter & Paul Gladenbeck . The machine-enlarged equestrian statuette was erected as an equestrian monument in Glogau and Hohenzalza after the death of the sculptor Keil - authorized by his widow (see above).
	bronze	Heinrich Pohlmann	1871	Gift from Empress Augusta on her 80th birthday for her husband Wilhelm I.
	Silver, marble base	Friedrich Reusch	1900	faithful replica of the monument in Münster / W .; produced by the Arnold Künne company in Altena, honorary gift for Minister Konrad von Studt
		C. Schroeder	1891	Note: equestrian statuette of Kaiser Wilhelm II. / At the international art exhibition Berlin 1891
	bronze	Heinrich Walger	1884	50 cm high, cast in Lauchhammer in 1884

literature

Otto Kuntzemüller: The monuments of Kaiser Wilhelm the great. Bremen undated (1903).
Fritz Abshoff: Germany's fame and pride. Our most outstanding patriotic monuments in words and pictures. Berlin undated (1905).
Peter Wittgens: E in Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial for Neuss . In: Vereinigung der Heimatfreunde Neuss (ed.): Almanach for the Neuss district , 1984, p. 13 ff.
Hans-Jörg Jechel: Equestrian monuments of Kaiser Wilhelm I (2 volumes). Dissertation, Bonn 2010.