Equestrian statue of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (Wroclaw)
The equestrian statue of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. was a monument in honor of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. in Wroclaw . It was the work of the sculptor August Kiss .
history
The monument was on July 4, 1861 the western side of the Grand Boulvard right next to the new town hall of his son in the presence of William I revealed. It presented Friedrich Wilhelm III. riding in a contemporary uniform with a feather-adorned bicorn. The base, designed by August Stüler , bore as an inscription the appeal to my people , which the king had issued in 1813 in Breslau at the beginning of the wars of liberation .
The memorial, which was hardly damaged in World War II , was destroyed shortly after the People's Republic of Poland took possession of Wroclaw in 1945 and was probably melted down. The base was preserved for a few years. The Aleksander Fredro monument stands in the same place today .
Web links
- Whereabouts after 1945 (Polish)
- Historical photos of the monument (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ For the historical background see: Helmut Börsch-Supan : The official art in Berlin 1875–1890. In: Johannes Kunisch : Bismarck and his time. Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1992, ISBN 978-3-428-07314-6 , p. 343
- ^ August Potthast : Friedrich Wilhelm III. King of Prussia. Memorial sheets to his glorious government on the occasion of the unveiling of the bronze statue erected for him. Publishing house of the Royal Secret Ober-Hofdruckerei [Decker], Berlin, 1871, p. 64 reprint
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 34.8 " N , 17 ° 1 ′ 52.7" E