Rosenberg Monument (Langenhagen)

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The monument for the cavalry general Heinrich von Rosenberg on the grounds of the Neue Bult racecourse in Langenhagen

The Rosenberg monument in Langenhagen , also known as the General von Rosenberg monument , is dedicated to Rittmeister Heinrich von Rosenberg and can be found today on the grounds of the Neue Bult racecourse .

History and description

On April 20, 1902, Kaiser Wilhelm II unveiled the Rosenberg memorial in the Welfengarten across from Herrenhäuser Allee newspaper print after a photo by court photographer Wilhelm Höffert in the presence of the deceased's family as well as General Karl von Stünzner and Alfred Graf von Waldersee

After the death of the rider and general of the cavalry Heinrich von Rosenberg on April 19, 1900 in Rathenow, a committee was quickly formed under the leadership of Count Alfred von Waldersee with the aim of donating the cavalry officers of the German Army for a memorial for von To move Rosenberg. After about the same time in the Schorfheide a large boulder of granite was found, the found stone with the help of the money collected was as Stele serve for the to be created commemorative monument.

The memorial with a portrait medallion by Rosenbergs, finally created by the sculptor Bruno Kruse from Berlin , was opened on April 20, 1902 in Welfengarten on (today's) Wilhelm-Busch-Straße and at that time Parkstraße near the stables near the Welfenschloss . solemnly unveiled by Kaiser Wilhelm II . Those invited included, in addition to “His Majesty” and members of the family of the deceased, Count Waldersee and, for example, General Karl von Stünzner and city director Heinrich Tramm . The inscription revealed thereby reads:

"To the bold leader in war, the
master in teaching and example,
General von Rosenberg
the
grateful German cavalry"

The Rosenberg monument is an example of the change in taste at the turn of the century: After obelisks were the preferred choice for memorial monuments, the stone from Schorfheide was one of the first publicly displayed boulders in the monument culture of the city of Hanover.

The granite stele with the portrait medallion Rosenberg later became the racecourse Neue Bult Langenhagen translocated .

Web links

Commons : General von Rosenberg Monument (Hanover, Welfengarten)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c o. V .: History of the Hannoversche Rennverein eV on the site neuebult.de [ undated ], last accessed on April 10, 2019
  2. ↑ Compare the title on the picture side of picture postcard number 366 from Friedrich Astholz junior
  3. ↑ a b Die Woche , Volume 4 (1902), Issues 14–26, pp. IV and others; limited preview in Google Book search
  4. ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Rosenbergstrasse. as well as Rosenbergplatz. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover. Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 210
  5. ↑ Die Kunst für Alle ... , Volume 17, 1902, p. 408; preview
  6. ^ Wolfgang Leonhardt : Rosenbergstrasse. as well as Rosenbergplatz. In: List, Vahrenwald, Vinnhorst. Three districts of Hanover with history (s). 1., new edition, Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8448-7810-3 and ISBN 3-8448-7810-6 , p. 58; online through google books
  7. ^ Helmut Zimmermann: Wilhelm-Busch-Strasse , in which: The street names ... , p. 267
  8. ^ Sid Auffarth , Wolfgang Pietsch: The University of Hannover: its buildings, its gardens, its planning history , Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-935590-90-7 , pp. 84–87 and 140–142
  9. ↑ Compare for example the subtitles on commons: File: 1902-04-20 Wilhelm Höffert Unveiling of the Rosenberg monument by Kaiser Wilhelm II in Hanover.jpg the newspaper print of a snapshot by Wilhelm Höffert
  10. ^ Kurt Morawietz (ed.): Brilliant Herrenhausen. History of a Guelph residence and its gardens , Hannover: Steinbock-Verlag, 1981; Pp. 159-162; Preview over google books
  11. ↑ Compare one of the offered image documents
  12. ↑ Gerhard Schneider : "... not fallen in vain"? War memorials and cult of the dead in Hanover (= Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , special volume), ed. from the state capital Hanover, Hanover: Hahn, 1991, p. 105 and others; limited preview in Google Book search

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '53.9 "  N , 9 ° 45' 37.9"  E