List of Moltke monuments

Moltke monuments are in honor of the Prussian Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder erected monuments (1800-1891). For the territory of the (former) German Empire , two equestrian statues and around 20 statues, as well as some bust monuments and reliefs, can currently be identified. A Moltke monument that has been preserved to this day is in Istanbul. Some of the reliefs are - often together with those by Bismarck and Roon  - on the bases of imperial and war memorials (see list below).

The Moltkedenkmal in Parchim is the oldest in Germany and was inaugurated in 1876 while the sitter was still alive.

Moltke statues, busts and memorial stones

image	Location	Whereabouts	Art	Artist	Establishment / inauguration	Further information
	Aachen cemetery of honor	receive	Granite bust	Karl Krauss	06/22/1907	in the facade of the Bismarck tower , also heads of Bismarck and Roon
	Arnstadt Kaiser Wilhelm Tower	destroyed	Bronze bust		08/09/1902	in the Kaiser Wilhelm Tower, also busts of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck, busts melted down in World War II , tower still preserved ( Alteburgturm )
	Backnang at the train station	destroyed	Bust monument electroplating	Adolf von Donndorf	06/19/1909	September 1945 removed
	Berlin big star	receive	Statue of Lasa marble	Joseph Uphues	10/25/1905	originally on Königsplatz , April 19, 1939 converted to the Großer Stern in the Tiergarten
	Berlin Hall of Fame	lost	Bronze bust	Karl Begas	1891	in the eastern Feldherrenhalle the Hall of Fame in Berlin Arsenal , after bomb attack in late summer 1944 Stolberg Castle outsourced
	Berlin Old National Gallery	lost	Marble bust	Adolf von Donndorf	around 1886	Model of the Moltke monument in Stuttgart built in 1889 (see there)
	Berlin-Tiergarten Moltke Bridge	destroyed	Head plastic	Karl Begas	1891	Original destroyed in World War II, see below for reconstruction
	Berlin-Tiergarten Moltke Bridge	receive	Head plastic	August Jäkel	1986	Reconstruction, original destroyed in World War II
	Berlin-Tiergarten Siegesallee	lost	Marble bust	Reinhold Begas	03/30/1901	in the former Siegesallee as a minor figure to monument group 32 , missing since 1948
	Berlin-Grunewald in the Grunewald Tower	receive	Cast iron relief	Ludwig Manzel	1908
	Berlin-Wilmersdorf			Ernst Seger	before 1898
	Bremen Church of Our Lady	receive	High relief	Hermann Hahn	04/11/1909	Main article Moltkedenkmal (Bremen)
	Breslau Kaiser-Wilhelm-Str.	destroyed	Bronze statue	Cuno from Uechtritz-Steinkirch	10/26/1899	Casting in the Lauchhammerwerke, melted down in World War I, main item Moltkedenkmal (Breslau)
	Chemnitz market square	destroyed	Bronze statue	Wilhelm von Rümann	06/22/1899	Cast in the Lauchhammerwerke, removed (after) 1945 and melted down
photo	Daun Gemündener Maar	receive	Cast iron relief	Friedrich Blankenagel	09/02/1894	Draft government architect Friedrich Blankenagel (1855–1896), relief stolen in 1919 and renewed in 1926 with a cast iron relief
	Dessau station square	lost	Boulder			lost after 1945
	Donaustauf Walhalla	receive	Marble bust	Hermann Hahn	05/10/1910	on behalf of the Prince Regent of Bavaria
	Dortmund Hohensyburg	receive	Bronze statue	Adolf von Donndorf	06/30/1902	as a lateral assistant figure on the equestrian statue of Wilhelm I, Guss near Gladenbeck-Berlin, statue 5 m high
	Düsseldorf Alleestraße	partially destroyed	Bronze statue	Josef Tüshaus	11/17/1901	Main article Moltkedenkmal (Düsseldorf)
	Düren at the corner of Weierstrasse / Victor-Gollancz-Strasse	destroyed	freeze frame	Joseph Uphues	03/22/1902	Main article Moltkedenkmal (Düren)
	Eberswalde	receive	Stone stairs	Friedrich Arndt	1905	Staircase of 60 steps with wall fountain, today "Schillertreppe", renovated in 2013
photo	Edenkoben Werderberg	partially destroyed	Stone relief	Johann Kleindienst	05/11/1902	Portrait relief on boulder, smashed by revolutionaries in 1919
	Eisenach fraternity monument	destroyed	freeze frame	August Hudler	05/22/1905
	Elmshorn Moltkeplatz	receive	Obelisk with relief
	Eppstein imperial temple	receive	Bronze bust		09/02/1894	Temple complex with reliefs of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Friedrich III, as well as busts of Bismarck and Moltke
	Essen Dückerstraße (E. Werden )	receive	Sandstone statue	Wilhelm Albermann		formerly a side assistant figure at the Kaiser Wilhelm monument
	Essen main street, corner of Martin-Luther-Platz (E.- Kettwig )	receive	Sandstone statue	Wilhelm Albermann		Base figure on the Kaiser Wilhelm monument
	Goerlitz	destroyed	Bronze statue	Johannes Pfuhl	05/18/1893	as a side assistant figure on the Kaiser Wilhelm I equestrian statue, melted down in 1942
	Görlitz Upper Lusatian Hall of Fame	destroyed	Marble statue	Harro Magnussen	11/28/1902	in the Hall of Fame, (after) 1945 removed / destroyed by the Polish authorities
	Gravelotte memorial hall	destroyed	Marble bust	Ludwig Cauer	May 1905	Establishment of the memorial hall for 1870/71 1918 removed / destroyed by French separatists, the hall itself has been preserved
	Großschönau Hutberg	destroyed	Bronze bust	Felix Görling	09/04/1892	Counterpart to similar monuments to Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck, all destroyed in 1946
	Hachenburg		Bust monument		before 1901
	Hagenow	destroyed	Bronze relief			Relief on boulder, destroyed (after) 1945
	Halle (Saale)	destroyed	Bronze statue	Peter Breuer	08/26/1901	as an assistant figure to the side of the Kaiser Wilhelm I equestrian statue, Moltke figure destroyed in a bomb attack in 1923 and then renewed, re-consecration in 1924, bronze parts partially melted down in the World War, remains removed in 1947
	Hamburg Laeiszhof	receive	freeze frame	Bruno Kruse		executed in copper work
	Hamburg-Wandsbek Eichtalpark	receive	Bronze relief	Karl Garbers
	Hirschberg-Petersdorf	get ruinous	Bronze relief	Moritz Daehmel	05/14/1896	on the Moltkefelsen (Kynast), architecture without reliefs and inscriptions ruinously preserved
	Hohenlockstedt	receive	inscription		1900	Part of the Bismarck memorial stone, also commemorating Roon there
	Hohenwestedt		Boulder with relief	1892
	Istanbul-Tarabya German Embassy (summer residence)	receive	Marble obelisk with relief	August Jasmund (master builder)	1889	in the park of the summer residence of the German ambassador, built by the German colony in Constantinople
	Koblenz Schlossstrasse 53	destroyed	Plaque			Loss of World War II
	Cologne	destroyed	Bronze statue	Fritz Schaper	09/02/1881	Cast from the Lauchhammerwerke, destroyed in an air raid
	Krefeld Ostwall	destroyed	Bronze statue	Wilhelm Albermann	1897	Melted down in 1942/44
	Kreisau at the castle	destroyed	Bronze bust	Heinrich Pohlmann	1879	Gilded bronze bust dedicated to Emperor Wilhelm I in honor of Moltke
	Location Wilhelmsburg	destroyed	Boulder		10/26/1890
	Langerwehe landscape garden Kammerbusch	receive	Memorial stone			in the Kammerbusch landscape garden
	Leipzig	destroyed	Equestrian statue	Rudolf Siemering	08/18/1888	Part of the Victory Monument , destroyed in 1946
	Lübeck	receive	Bronze relief	Felix Görling	1893	on a house in which Moltke lived in 1806 and witnessed the entry of the Napoleonic troops, relief original inscription new
	Mannheim	destroyed	Bronze statue	Joseph Uphues	October 19, 1902	Melted down in 1942
	Muelheim (Ruhr)	lost	Marble bust	Heinrich Stockmann	07/23/1900	Whereabouts unknown
	Neubrandenburg	destroyed	Bronze relief		10/26/1909	Relief on boulder, destroyed (after) 1945
photo	Nieder-Schreiberhau	partially destroyed	Bronze relief	Moritz Daehmel	05/14/1896	Monument in ruins, relief and inscriptions missing
	Opole Malapanerstrasse	destroyed	Bust monument		09/30/1899	Height of the bust 1.15 m; presumably melted down after 1941
	Pansdorf (Holstein)	?	Boulder with relief		1913	erected by the warrior and military association
	Parchim Moltkeplatz	receive	Bronze statue	Ludwig Brunow	10/02/1876	Main article: Moltkedenkmal (Parchim)
	Parchim Buchholz	receive	Granite obelisk		10/26/1900	erected for Moltke's 100th birthday
	Plauen	destroyed	Bronze statue	Wilhelm Haverkamp	10/26/1899
	Potsdam-Babelsberg Feldherrenbank	destroyed	Bronze bust	Ludwig Brunow	1882	Melted down in World War II, architectural parts preserved
	Prenzlau market square	destroyed	Bronze statue	Johannes Schilling	09/25/1899	Gift from Prenzlau's honorary citizen Witt, melted down in 1944
	Reichenbach Solbrigplatz		Bronze statue	Josef Drischler	1901
	Schülp b. Rendsburg	preserved and restored	Memorial stone			in memory of Count von Moltke's visit to the construction site of the Kiel Canal on April 6, 1891
	Ruhland	Preserved, metal parts are missing	Concrete stele on stepped platform, with plaque (bas-relief) and sphere (orb)		1893	on the Geschwister-Scholl-Weg in Ruhland ; The monument was erected in 1893 and stood until 1938 (motorway construction) at the end of what was then Moltke-Allee (extended Fischerstraße); Badge and ball lost after 1945. Ball found again and a newly cast plaque was attached (2019)
	Schweidnitz Moltkeplatz	destroyed	Bronze statue	Ernst Seger	October 29, 1899	at the same time war memorial for 1864, 1866, and 1870/71; (after) 1945 removed by the Polish authorities and melted down
	Sorau Bismarckplatz	destroyed	Bust monument		10/26/1900
	(near) Strasbourg Moltkefels	destroyed	Bronze statue	Cauer	09/02/1883	Pendant to a Bismarck statue
	Stuttgart Charlottenplatz	receive	Bust monument	Adolf von Donndorf	March 31, 1889	Bust 1.10 m high, with a Bismarck monument as a counterpart, both today in the Lapidarium (Mörikestr. 24)
	Velbert
	Become King's Bridge	receive	Bronze statue	Wilhelm Albermann	05/10/1891	Ensemble of 3 statues: Kaiser Wilhelm I (1884), Bismarck (1891) and Moltke, implemented in 1932, today in Dückerpark
photo	Wuppertal-Elberfeld Victoria-Platz	destroyed	Bust monument	Eugene Challier	09/02/1895	Bronze cast by Schäffer & Walcker Berlin, destroyed in World War II
	Zerbst	destroyed	Bust monument	Friedrich Pfannschmidt	04/30/1899

Moltke Towers

Moltketurm Porta Westfalica

• Parchim (planned in 1913, not realized)
• Porta Westfalica, rededication in 1906 ( Moltketurm )
• Schlegel (Kr.Glatz), 1913
• Sangerhausen, 1904 ( Moltkewarte )

Moltke reliefs on emperor, warrior and other monuments

War memorial 1870/71 Magdeburg

War memorial 1870/71 Ulm

• Bad Pyrmont, 1897, on the war memorial for the war of 1870/71 on Kaiserplatz
• Bauerwitz, 1897
• Berlin-Schmargendorf, 1895
• Bochum, 1875
• Bretten, 1898
• Burgsteinfurt, 1897
• Caternberg, 1900
• Christburg
• Czarnikau, 1909
• Delitzsch, 1895
• Driesen, 1896
• Duisburg, 1898
• Düren, 1892
• Edenkoben, 1899
• Eibenstock, 1880
• Elbing, 1905
• Erlangen, 1897
• Frankfurt (Oder), 1900
• Friemersheim, 1905
• Gartz, 1902
• Gera, 1894
• Gottesberg, 1903
• Glogau, 1900
• Gollnow
• Gussenstadt, 1899
• Heiligenbeil, 1900
• Katowice, 1898
• Kassel, 1898
• Kettwig, 1889
• Kirchheimbolanden, 1897
• Kirchweyhe, 1898
• Kruschwitz, 1895
• Lauterecken, 1895
• Magdeburg, 1877
• Marienwerder
• Meiderich, 1896
• Mohrungen, 1902
• Munich, 1899
• Namslau
• Neumark, before 1899
• Neustadt am Rübenberge, 1913
• Neustadt in Schlesien (Prudnik), 1888
• Oschersleben, 1897
• Ostrowo, 1900
• Plathe, 1905
• Quakenbrück, 1896
• Radevormwald, around 1907
• Ratzeburg, 1890
• Repelen, 1905
• Reutlingen, 1892
• Rheine, 1896
• Rößel, 1896
• Saarburg, 1898
• Samochin
• Schivelbein, 1895
• Schlochau, 1895
• Schneidemühl, 1903
• Schwetz, 1897
• Siegen, 1892
• Sodingen, 1899
• Stallupönen, 1900
• Streino, 1899
• Ulm, 1903
• Forest
• Wattenscheid
• White water
• Westenfeld, 1896
• Wildungen, 1890
• Witten, 1877
• Woldenberg, 1894
• Wollstein, 1898
• Zeitz, 1899
• Zeulenroda, 1898

Moltke busts

Moltke bust by Ludwig Brunow

A number of sculptors modeled Moltke, especially after the unification of the empire - Moltke is considered one of the (military) unification of the empire - in busts that were often displayed in public buildings (town halls, etc.). Various materials were used: marble, bronze, plaster of paris. Foundries such as Gießerei Gladenbeck , Schäffer & Walcker (both Berlin) and WMF (Geislingen) offered Moltke busts to a wide range of customers in their catalogs.

Moltke busts are known from the sculptors: Xaver Arnold , Heinrich Baucke , Reinhold Begas , Gustav Bläser , Johann Bläser , Ludwig Brunow , Adolf von Donndorf , F. Drake , Emil Kiemlen , Bruno Kruse , O. Lessing , Friedrich Pfannschmidt , Fritz Schaper , Karl Schuler , Emil Steiner , W. Uhrmann, Hermann Wittig , Albert Wolff , as well as a relief by Felix Görling and Adolph Hensel .

swell

• Database of the Prussian Monument Institute - Association for Research on Prussian Monuments e. V.

literature

• Bärbel Stephan: Saxon Sculpture, Johannes Schilling 1828-1910. Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-345-00494-1 .
• Hans-Jörg Jechel: The equestrian monuments for Kaiser Wilhelm I. 2 volumes. Bonn 2010 (Bonn, University, dissertation, 2010).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Berthold Daun : Siemering (= artist monographs. Volume 80). Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld u. a. 1906 ( digitized ).
2. ↑ opole.fotopolska.eu