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Bonn
Stadt Bonn
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Kaiserplatz 11
(Restaurant Kaisergarten)

Kaiser Wilhelm I

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

Harro Magnussen
1906 (1989)

Description

Marble statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I.

Signature

H. MAGNUSSEN 1906

Annotation

After being damaged in the war the monument was demolished in 1945, and the statue stored on the building yard. In 1988/89 it was restored and installed on a new base in the beer garden at the Kaiserplatz.

Sculptor

Harro Magnussen (Hamm bei Hamburg 1861- Grunewald bei Berlin 1908), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Personen-Denkmäler.

Location (N 50°43'52" - E 7°6'2")

Item Code: denw450; Photograph: 14 September 2015
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