Luisendenkmal (Magdeburg)

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Luis monument

The Luisendenkmal was at Geschwister-Scholl-Park , a city park in the district of Old Town in Magdeburg .

history

The Magdeburg monument to Queen Luise was initiated by a citizens' committee that collected 40,000 marks for the monument and commissioned the Berlin sculptor Johannes Götz to make the marble statue . On June 18, 1901, the monument was ceremoniously unveiled in what was then the Luisengarten. In February 1963 it was knocked off its base - only the head remained and ended up in the museum.

As an “expression of citizenship”, a new Queen Luise monument was created with the help of donations from Magdeburg entrepreneurs, rebuilt at the historic location in 2009 and inaugurated on June 25th.

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Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '23.5 "  N , 11 ° 38' 8.6"  E