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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)

Johannes Röttger & August Bauer
Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer
1898

Description

Bronze statue of Bismarck, on a pedestal flanked by 'Wehrstand' (soldier with sword and bundle of oak staffs - symbol of the German Empire) and 'Industrie' (a female figure).

Wehrstand

Industrie

Inscription(s)

BISMARCK

Signature

Röttger 1899
geg. Lauchhammer.

Annotation

Originally in the Alleestraße (now Heinrich-Heine-Allee)

Sculptors

August Bauer (1868), German sculptor.
Johannes Röttger, German sculptor.

Sources & Information

N.N., Das Bismarck Denkmal in Düsseldorf (Facharbeit im Grundkurs Geschichte, Heinrich-Heine-Gesamtschule).
Wikipedia, Bismarckdenkmal Düsseldorf.

Locatie (N 51°13'27" - E 6°46'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw066; Photograph: 6 August 2009 / updated: 2 March 2011
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