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Geislingen an der Steige
Lkr. Göppingen
Baden-Württemberg

Rosenstraße

Kaiser Wilhelm I

Berlin 1797 - Berlin 1888
King of Prussia, 1861 - 1888, and the first German Emperor, 1871 - 1888
(Wikipedia)

Gustav Eberlein
1894/1980

Geislingen an der Steige / Kaiser Wilhelm I

Description

Equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

WILHELM I.
Deutscher Kaiser
1871.
1797-1888.

Dem Neubegründer
des Reichs
von
Stadt und Bezirk Geislingen
in Dankbarkeit gewidmet.
1894

Annotation

The original statue was made in galvanoplastic and in 1979 removed for restauration, which was impossible. The present statue is a new cast from 1980.

Sculptor

Gustav Heinrich Eberlein (Spiekershausen 1847 - Berlin 1926), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Kaiser-Wilhelm-I.-Denkmäler
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 48°36'46" - E 9°50'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw032; Photograph: 6 September 2010
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