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Berlin 1797 - Berlin 1888
King of Prussia, 1861 - 1888, and the first German Emperor, 1871 - 1888
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Karl Janssen
1896

Description

Equestrian statue of the emperor, flanked by allegorical figures representing war and peace, and bronze reliefs on the sides:

1806-1807: the demise of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation; a war-fury, symbolizing the Napoleonic wars, strides with scourge and a burning torch over Germania, lying on the ground. In the background is the flight of Queen Louise and her children in 1806, a childhood experience of Wilhelm I.
1870-1871: Borussia, receiving the crown from the statues at the founding of Empire, a reference to the adoption of the imperial dignity by Wilhelm I in 1871.

1806-1807

1870-1871

Inscription(s)

Dem
Begründer
des deutschen
Reiches
das dankbare
Düsseldorf

Signature

Karl Janssen 1896

Sculptor

Karl Janssen (1855-1925), German sculptor.

Sources & Information

Robin Whited, Das Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal in Düsseldorf (Facharbeit im Grundkurs Geschichte, Heinrich-Heine-Gesamtschule).
Wikipedia, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal (Düsseldorf).
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 51°13'26" - E 6°46'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw065; Photograph: 6 August 2009 / updated: 2 March 2011
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