Rheinsberg Obelisk

The Rheinsberg Obelisk in the visual axis of Rheinsberg Castle

The Rheinsberger Obelisk is a hero monument in Rheinsberg , Brandenburg, located in the park of Rheinsberg Castle . It honors the second son of the soldier king and 28 participants in the Seven Years War .

Location and importance

The obelisk stands on a hill on the Grienericksee across from Rheinsberg Castle . Heinrich von Prussia built it in the early 1790s in honor of his brother August Wilhelm von Prussia . The front bears a relief portrait of the prince and the inscription:

À L'ÉTERNELLE MÉMOIRE D'AUGUSTE WILHELM PRINCE DE PRUSSE, SECOND FILS DU ROI FRÉDÉRIC GUILLAUME

But the monument is not erected to the prince alone, but rather to the Prussian heroes of the Seven Years' War in general, all those who, as a second inscription says, “have earned through their bravery and insight that they will be remembered forever”. Prince Heinrich dedicated an inscription, written in French, to each of the officers on their own commemorative plaques.

In the walking tour through Mark Brandenburg has Theodor Fontane put the monument in memory. The fact that, in the opinion of Prince Heinrich, it honors those who were not duly appreciated by Friedrich II , Fontane interpreted as an act of opposition to the king.

Inscriptions

View from the lake to the obelisk

enclosure

Honor roll for Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

literature

Adam Heinrich Dietrich von Bülow : Prince Heinrich von Preussen: Critical history of his campaigns , Volume 1, Himburg, Berlin 1805, pp. 383–395 (translation of the inscriptions)

Web links

Commons : Rheinsberger Obelisk - collection of images, videos and audio files

The great obelisk in Rheinsberg and its inscriptions (Fontane)

Individual evidence

↑ Der Schwarze Marwitz († 1759), presumably from the Sellin house , major and quartermaster, is said to have refused the king to set up camp for the Prussian army at Hochkirch , which proved to be foresighted by the subsequent attack at Hochkirch . Friedrich Meusel: Friedrich August Ludwig von der Marwitz. Berlin 1908, pp. 18-19 ( books.google.de ). Werner Meyer: Denied orders and suffered disgrace? Berlin 2014, p. 62, FN 208 ( books.google.de ).

53.0991436 12.8804574Coordinates: 53 ° 5 ′ 56.9 " N , 12 ° 52 ′ 49.6" E

[1] Der Schwarze Marwitz († 1759), presumably from the Sellin house , major and quartermaster, is said to have refused the king to set up camp for the Prussian army at Hochkirch , which proved to be foresighted by the subsequent attack at Hochkirch . Friedrich Meusel: Friedrich August Ludwig von der Marwitz. Berlin 1908, pp. 18-19 ( books.google.de ). Werner Meyer: Denied orders and suffered disgrace? Berlin 2014, p. 62, FN 208 ( books.google.de ).