List of personal monuments in Bonn

This list refers to free-standing monuments of individual persons in Bonn , this also includes tombs. The list is sorted alphabetically according to the surnames of the honored persons, in the case of princes and people from Roman times by first names.

list

person	image	Location	Art	Artist	Establishment / inauguration	Further information
Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967, Federal Chancellor)	more pictures	Bundeskanzlerplatz ( Gronau )	Bronze head	Hubertus von Pilgrim (* 1931)	1982	Under the right ear the Cologne Cathedral, under the left the Reims Cathedral - a symbol of Franco-German friendship . The numbers 21 and 33 under the Prussian eagle remind us of the time when Adenauer was President of the Prussian State Council .
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (1799–1875, astronomer)		Old graveyard	Marble bust	Robert Cauer (1831-1893)	1876
Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860, writer and historian)	more pictures	Old customs , over the Brassertufer	statue	Bernhard Afinger (1813-1882)	1865
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827, composer)	more pictures	Münsterplatz , in front of the post office	Statue with base	Ernst Hähnel (1811-1891)	1845	See Beethoven monument (Bonner Münsterplatz)
	more pictures	Rheinaue	Granite seat sculpture	Friedrich Diederich based on a design by Peter Breuer (1856–1930)	1938	See Beethoven monument (Bonn Rheinaue)
	more pictures	in front of the Beethovenhalle	Concrete construction	Klaus Kammerichs (* 1933 Iserlohn), photographer and sculptor	1986	Bears the title Beethon , reproduced from Stieler's painting from 1819.
	more pictures	Garden of the Beethoven House	Bronze bust	Naoum Aronson (* 1872 Kreslawka, Latvia, † 1943 New York), Rodin student	1905
	more pictures	Garden of the Beethoven House	Bronze bust	Cantemir Riscutia (* 1926), Romanian anthropologist and sculptor
Hermann Brassert (1820–1901, mining captain)	more pictures	on Konviktstrasse, below the old customs	Bronze relief
Cassius and Florentius (around 300, city patrons)	more pictures	Behind the cathedral on Martinsplatz	Granite heads	Iskender Yediler (* 1953), student of Ulrich Rückriem	2002
Clodius (1st century)		Augustusring, near Römerstrasse, Bonn-Castell	Copy of a Roman tomb			At the former north gate of the Roman camp. Original in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum . "AN XLIIX" denotes the lifetime (48), "STIP XXV" the period of service (25) of the soldier of Legio I (Germanica or Minervia?).
Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977, Federal Chancellor)	more pictures	Ludwig-Erhard-Platz ( Rüngsdorf )	Bronze head	Hubertus von Pilgrim (* 1931)	1991/1992	The fountain is located in a green area in front of the Bonn branch of the KfW banking group (formerly German compensation bank ). It was created by Hubertus von Pilgrim in 1991/92 from bronze and stone (fountain bowl). The bronze elements, which have darkened over the years, consist of three medals and the federal eagle . One medal shows Ludwig Erhard, the second a 1-mark coin with the mint date 1948, the reverse of this medal bears the signature HvPilgrim and the year 1991/92. The third shows an epigram : “Ludwig Erhard | to memory | of the social | Market economy | lead to success | te with foresight | Persistence | and great courage ”.
Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858, medic, doctor, botanist, embryologist, naturalist, mesmerist and natural philosopher as well as writer, politician and member of parliament)	more pictures	Botanical Garden	Bronze bust	Bernd Göbel	2018	Gift of the Leopoldina on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the University of Bonn
Michel Foucault (1926–1984, philosopher)		Entrance area of ​​the BKH	stone	Tom Fecht
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856, poet)	more pictures	Old customs	Memorial stone made of marble and granite	Ulrich Rückriem	1982
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC, Roman statesman)		Schwarzrheindorf (near Arnoldstraße, level with the double church) / originally (1898?) At the Rhine bridge in Beuel	monument	Gotthold Riegelmann	19th century	On the back of the seat the inscription: C (AIUS) IUL (IUS) CAESAR FLUMINI PONTEM PRIMUS IMPOSUIT A (NNO) A (NTE) CHR (ISTUM) N (ATUM) LV; Gaius Julius Caesar was the first to build a bridge over [this] river, in 55 BC. Chr.
Julius Paternus		Süddecke Kölnstrasse / Heerstrasse	Copy of a Roman tomb			D (is) M (anibus) . Iul (io) Paterno mil (iti) leg (ionis) XXII Pr (imigeniae) P (iae) F (idelis), stip (endiorum) XXIII, Opponius Iustus archit (ectus) amico a se fecit. - [Translation:] The gods of the dead . For Julius Paternus, soldier of Legio XXII Primigenia Pia Fidelis , 23 years of service, Opponius Justus, master builder, erected the tomb of his own accord as his friend.
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896, chemist)	more pictures	In front of the old chemistry, today's Geographical Institute, on Meckenheimer Allee in Poppelsdorf	monument	Hans Everding (1876-1914)	1903
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963, US President)	more pictures	Corner of Godesberger Allee / Kennedyallee ( Plittersdorf )	Stone mark	Marlene Dammin-Darius (* 1941), Herm-Jörg Barner (* 1956)	1989	The only politician statue in Bonn that was created as a permanent work of art in public space after the Second World War
Gottfried Kinkel (1815–1882, writer and revolutionary)	more pictures	On Königswinterer Strasse opposite the Lippesches Palais in Oberkassel , near the church	Pillar bust	Gustav Rutz (1857-1949)	1906	Inscription: "To the Rhenish poet / Gottfried Kinkel / the German people". The medallion under the capital shows Kinkel's wife Johanna (1810–1858). Registered architectural monument .
Peter Joseph Lenné (1789–1866, landscape architect and town planner)	more pictures	Brassertufer, center	Marble bust		1989	Gift of the Berlin Senate for the 2000th anniversary, replica of a bust (1847) by Christian Daniel Rauch (1777–1857)
	more pictures	Botanical Garden	Marble bust		1995	Gift from the Potsdam Club, same original as on Brassertufer
Maximilian Friedrich (1708–1784, Elector)	more pictures	Marketplace	obelisk		1777
August Macke (1887–1914, German expressionist painter)	more pictures	Courtyard garden	Bronze sculpture	Stephan Balkenhol	02nd September 2018
Christian Friedrich Nasse (1778-1851, psychiatrist)		Old graveyard	Marble bust	Bernhard Afinger (1813-1882)	1856	The economist Erwin Nasse , 1829–1890, lies in the Poppelsdorf cemetery .
Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776–1831, ancient historian)	more pictures	Old graveyard	Relief of the couple	Christian Daniel Rauch (1777-1857)		The aedicule containing the relief was made by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841)
Johann Jacob Noeggerath (1788–1877, mineralogist)	more pictures	Old graveyard	Seat plastic	Albert Hermann Küppers (1842–1929)	1881
Petilius (around 40, legionnaire)		Rheinaue	Copy of a Roman tomb			Original in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum
Pintaius ( standard bearer)		Römerstraße, near the corner of Rosental and Bonn-Castell	Copy of a Roman tomb			Near the former south gate of the Roman camp Castra Bonnensia. "ANNO XXX" denotes the lifetime of the field sign bearer (signifer, field sign in the right, typically the wolf's skin), "STIP VI" (or STIP VII) the period of service. For the inscription see roemer.htm here .
Julius Plücker (1801–1868, mathematician and physicist)		Old graveyard	Marble bust	Albert Küppers (1842–1929)	1869
Pudens and Auctus		Johanneskreuz, near Rosental, Bonn-Castell	Copy of a Roman tomb			On the south side of the former Roman camp. The inscription reads: Pudens Volumni C (enturionis) libert (us) H (ic) S (itus) E (st) et Auctus lib (ertus) - Pudens, freedman of the Centurion Volumnus, is buried here and the freed Auctus.
P. Romanius Modestus		North corner of Kölnstrasse / Heerstrasse	Copy of a Roman tomb			P (ublius) Romanius P (ubli) l (ibertus) Modestus annorum XVI h (ic) s (itus) e (st) - [Translation:] Publius Romanius Modestus, Publius' freedman, 16 years old, is buried here.
August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845, literary scholar and translator)		Old graveyard	Tomb	Bronze medallion by Johann Friedrich Drake
Ferdinand August Schmidt (1852–1929, sports medicine specialist and organizer)		Dottendorf , F.-A.-Schmidt-Sportplatz	Bronze relief	Albert Küppers (1842–1929)	1907	The memorial stood in the old post stadium on Lievelingsweg until 1975.
Robert Schumann (1810-1856, composer)	more pictures	In front of the Schumannhaus in Endenich	Bronze head	Alfred Hrdlicka (1928–2009)
	more pictures	Old graveyard	Tomb	Adolf von Donndorf (1835-1916)	1880	See Schumann's grave
Karl Simrock (1802–1876, literary scholar)	more pictures	Old graveyard	Tondo	Robert Cauer (1831-1893)
		Courtyard garden	monument	Albert Küppers (1842–1929)	1903	only until 1940
Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate)	more pictures	Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz , sidewalk at the corner of Sandkaule	Stainless steel stele	Sirpa Masalin (* 1971 Lahti / Finland)	21st September 2013	An initiative of the Women's Network for Peace e. V. Bonn in memory of Bertha von Suttner. The association financed the sculpture through fundraising and handed it over to the city of Bonn on September 21, 2013.
Vellaunus (cavalryman)		Johanneskreuz, between Rosental and Kölnstrasse, Bonn-Castell	Copy of a Roman tomb			On the south side of the former Roman camp; Inscription cf. Image description
Vincent de Paul (1581–1660, benefactor, saint)		Remigius Church	Marble statue	Gottfried Welter	1890s
Wilhelm I (1797–1888, German Emperor, King of Prussia)	more pictures	Kaiserplatz , in front of the university	monument	Harro Magnussen (1861-1908)	1906	Dismantled after it was destroyed in the war in 1945, the statue is stored in the building yard. 1988/89 restoration of the emperor's statue and in 1989 installation on a new substructure in the beer garden of the “Günnewig Hotel Residence” on Kaiserplatz.
	more pictures	Kaiser Wilhelm Monument , Venusberg , An der Casselsruh	Monument with a relief medallion	Johann Degen (Cologne sculptor)	March 22, 1897
Justus Wilhelm Lyra (1822–1882, German composer and later Lutheran pastor)	more pictures	Schanzenchen	Bronze head			The bust was severely damaged in 1954, after fifty years, and replaced by a new one in 1995.
Adelheid von Vilich (approx. 970-1015, abbess of Vilich Abbey near Bonn )	more pictures	St Peter	Anröchter Grünstein	Elisabeth Perger (sculptor)	August 2015	The statue, made of Anröchter green stone , was created by the sculptor Elisabeth Perger and inaugurated in August 2015. It weighs around 2 tons and is around 1.40 meters high. It shows the abbess Adelheid holding the abbess baton as a sign of her dignity . To the side there is a stringed instrument and a table set with a bread basket, jug and fish. On the other side, half hidden under the medieval robe, you can see a reading student.

See also

• The path of famous personalities in Bonngasse
• More monuments in the old cemetery
• The list of stumbling blocks in Bonn
• List of monuments, sculptures and plaques in Bonn

literature

• Josef Niesen : Bonn monuments and their builders , Lempertz 2013, ISBN 978-3-943883-52-7
• Hans Weingartz : Sculpture in Bonn - works of art in public space - 1950 - today , Lempertz 2007, ISBN 978-3-939908-19-7

Web links

• "Bonn - Works of art in public space after 1945" (private page) (PDF file; 82 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ New monument in the Botanical Garden in Poppelsdorf. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn). June 15, 2018, accessed January 1, 2019 . 
2. ^ Hans Weingartz: Sculpture in Bonn. Works of art in public spaces from 1950 to today . Lempertz, Königswinter 2007, ISBN 978-3-939908-19-7 , p. 76.
3. ↑ "Lyra is now looking at the Rhine again". Retrieved October 13, 2018 . 
4. ^ Statue of Adelheid von Vilich - A saint you can touch. In: General-Anzeiger , 23 August 2015. Accessed on 8 March 2020.