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Heilbronn
Stadt Heilbronn
Baden-Württemberg

Bismarckstraße

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)

Emil Kiemlen
Paul Stotz (Stuttgart)
1903

Description

Bronze statue of Bismarck with a document in his right and and a saber in his other hand. The sides of the plinth, designed by the architect Otto Rieth, shows allegorical reliefs of angels with a laurel wreath.

Heilbronn - Otto von Bismarck

Inscription(s)

BISMARCK

Signature

E. Kiemlen fec. Stuttgart 1902
guss v. P. STOTZ Stuttgart 1903.

Information Sign

SKULPTURENSTADT HEILBRONN

Emil Kiemlen (geb. 1869)
Bismarckdenkmal, 1903
Bronze, Sandstein Stadt Heilbronn

Annotation

Inaugurated 30 July 1903, since 1987 on the present location.

Sculptor

Emil Kiemlen (Cannstatt 1869 - Stuttgart 1956), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste von Denkmälern in Heilbronn.

Locatie (N 49°8'24" - E 9°13'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw203; Photograph: 29 September 2014
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