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Otto von Bismarck

Schönhausen 1815 - Friedrichsruh bei Hamburg 1898
German-Prussian statesman, Prime Minister of Prussia, 1862-1890; designed the German Empire in 1871, becoming its first Chancellor; nicknamed "The Iron Chancellor"
(Wikipedia)

Oskar Kiefer
1915

Description

13 meter high stone statue.

Inscription(s)

Signed: alex kiefer ettlingen

Information Sign

otto von bismarck
der "eiserne Kanzler"

geb. 1. April 1815 in Schönhausen, Altmark.
gest. 30. Juli 1898 in Friedrichsruh, Holstein.
von 1871 bis 1890 Kanzler des deutschen Reiches

1895 zum Ehrenbürger von Baden-Baden ernannt.

Europa verdankte seiner Politik
eine lange Friedenstreit.

Gestiftet von den Bürgern Baden-Badens im Kriegsjahr 1915.
Gestaltet von Oskar Kiefer aus Ettlingen.

Sculptor

Oskar Alexander Kiefer (Offenburg 1874 - Boulogne 1928), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Schwarzwald-Informationen, Bismarck Denkmal Baden-Baden.

Locatie (N 48°45'43" - E 8°14'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw092; Photograph: 17 April 2012
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