List of Kaiser Wilhelm II monuments

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Monuments to Kaiser Wilhelm II were erected at the following locations :

The German fountain on the Hippodrome in Istanbul .
Wiesbaden-Schläferskopf
Memorial plaque for the 25th anniversary of the throne in 1913 in Berlin-Staaken
  • Bad Homburg vor der Höhe - sandstone plinth with inscription and bronze plaque showing Willhelm II. The badge was removed in 1920, in 1981 it was replaced by a newly created badge. The monument was erected in 1913 for the 25th anniversary of the throne.
  • Berlin-Spandau - Memorial stone (1913) made of rough field stones, which was in the area in front of the Spandau Citadel . Four stone balls crowned the monument at its corners. It was made in 1913 by officers from the military technical institutes in Spandau. The whereabouts of the monument still described in 1925 is unclear.
  • Bromberg ( Province of Posen ) - statue on the facade of the corner building Theaterplatz / Hermann-Francke-Straße, at the level of the 2nd floor; lost
  • Doorn ( Netherlands ) - Monument with the bust of the emperor by the sculptor Max Bezner in the garden of Haus Doorn (exile residence of the former emperor)
  • Düren
    • Statue on the facade of the Hotel "Drei Kaiser", on Kaiserplatz (destroyed)
    • Bust monument in the city garden, sculptor Reinhold Begas
  • Dusseldorf
  • Ennigerloh - bust monument on the Schützenhof
  • Flensburg - Mürwik - statue in front of the naval school , below the admiral stairs - Kaiser Wilhelm II in the uniform of an admiral of the Imperial Navy
  • Haifa (Israel) - Obelisk
  • Gelsenkirchen-Resse - "Jubilee fountain" built in 1913 on the Resser market with mythological figures and inscription: In memory of the twenty-five-year government of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Also reminds of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig
  • Hamburg-Altstadt - facade statue at the Laeiszhof , at the Trostbrücke - Kaiser Wilhelm II in the admiral's uniform with a slung paletot
  • Hanover - statue in the new town hall, on a base next to the main staircase - melted down in the Second World War
  • Herrenberg - Kaiserstein in the city forest, built in 1907 - In memory of the emperor's stand during a hunt in November 1893
  • Jerusalem (Israel) - Facade statue at the German Hospice of the Empress Auguste Victoria Foundation
  • Johannesburg (South Africa) - bust monument in the war museum
  • Cologne
  • Kurort Hartha - memorial stone for the 25th anniversary of the government, erected in 1913 by the Royal Saxons. Military Association Wettin Hartha u. U.
  • Magdeburg - statue in the Hohenzollern Park
  • Metz - statue as prophet Daniel at the portal of the cathedral. The mustache was later removed.
  • Mülheim / Ruhr - statue in the hall of the restaurant Kaisersaal , Eppinghofer Straße
  • Strasbourg in Alsace - facade statue at the Reichspost building
  • Teltow / Brandenburg - statue in the district house
  • Viersen-Dülken - statue in the town hall
  • Wiesbaden - Kaiser Wilhelm II tower on the Schläferskopf
  • Wuppertal-Barmen - statue in the hall of fame
  • Wuppertal-Elberfeld
    • Façade statue above the entrance to the town hall on Neumarkt
    • Bust in the town hall

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Information on monuments in Bad Homburg on the municipal website for tourism.
  2. Bust monument in the garden of Huis Doorn (external image source)
  3. Bust monument in the city garden of Düren (Commons image source)
  4. The pedestal statue of the emperor was on a small rectangular lawn on the lake side of the school, below the admiral staircase ( location ). The statue should not be confused with the statue in the water gate at the boat harbor of the Mürwik Naval School, which is still preserved today . (See illustration )
  5. Pictures of the Obelisk in Haifa (Commons image source)
  6. ^ Karin Schwarz: Bourgeois self-portrayal in the Ruhr area between 1871 and 1918. The communal monuments of an industrial region. Dissertation, Volume II: List of communal monuments between 1838 and 1916. Trier 2004, p. 226 (object no. 221).
  7. Jubilee fountain in Buer-Resse (Commons image source)

Literature and Sources

  • Heinz Csallner: German imperial monuments in old views. Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1994, ISBN 90-288-1961-4 / CIP
  • Peter Wittgens: Annual reports of the Prussian Monument Institute e. V. Neuss
  • Friedemann Schmoll : Eternal Nation , Tübingen 1995