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Herzog Wilhelm von Württemberg

Duke William of Württemberg

Carlsruhe, Preußisch-Schlesien, [Pokój] 1828 - Merano 1896
Austrian and Württemberg General; commander of the infantry regiment No. 27 King of the Belgians
(Wikipedia)

Georg Winkler
1907

Description

Bronze statue of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg in military uniform with his hand on his sabre. The pedestal is flanked by two reliefs of battlefields: MAGENTA and ÖVERSEE, depicting two of his military actions:

Graz - Herzog Wilhelm von Württembergl

Battle of Magenta (1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence): as the standard bearer fell down dead, Duke Wilhelm has the standard handed over to him and holding it high, he led his troops into battle.
Battle of Översee (1864, during the campaign in Denmark): Duke Wilhem lost in the fray his horse, and was hit by a bullet soon after; yet he was gave the order to storm, laboriously maintained by his adjutant.

Inscription(s)

herzog
WILHELM
von
WÜRTTEMBERG
kommandant
des
ruhmreichen-steirischen
INFANTERIE-REGIMENTS
N^o 27
in den feldzügen
1859 und 1864.

Duke
WILLIAM
of
WÜRTTEMBERG
commander
of the
glorious Styrian
infantry regiment
Nr. 27
in the campaigns
of 1859 and 1864

Signature

georg winkler

Sculptor

Georg Winkler, Austrian sculptor

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der denkmalgeschützten Objekte in Graz/Innere Stadt.
Menosgada, Das Denkmal des Herzogs Wilhelm von Württemberg in Graz.
Stefan Riesenfellner (Herausg.), Steinernes Bewusstsein I: die öffentliche Repräsentation staatlicher und nationaler Identität Österreichs in seinen Denkmälern (Wien: Bählau, 1998), pp. 204-206.

Locatie (N 47°3'59" - E 15°26'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atst100; Photograph: 6 September 2016
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