Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Because of restauration works and a demonstration on the Heumarkt we were not able to make the photos in the way we usually do.

The 16 statues around the pedestal show:

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1. East: v. hardenberg:
   Karl August Freiherr von Hardenberg (Essenrode 1750 - Genova 1822), Prussian statesman and Prime Minister of Prussia (Wikipedia).
2. SE corner: bluecher:
   Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (Rostock 1742-Krieblowitz (Krobielowice) 1819), Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) (Wikipedia).
3. South: Group of five men:

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   3b

   3c

   3d

   3e

   1. a.v.humboldt:
      Alexander von Humboldt (Berlin 1769 - Berlin 1859), Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (Wikipedia).
   2. niebuhr
      Barthold Georg Niebuhr (København 1776 - Bonn 1831), German statesman and historian (Wikipedia).
   3. v. gneisenau:
      August Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (Schildau, Sachsen, 1760 - Posen (now Poznan) 1831), Prussian field marshal; prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation (1812-14) (Wikipedia).
   4. arndt:
      Ernst Moritz Arndt (Groß Schoritz auf Rügen 1769 - Bonn 1860), German nationalist author and poet (Wikipedia).
   5. v. motz:
      Friedrich von Motz (Kassel 1775 - Berlin 1830), Prussian statesman (Wikipedia).

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4. SW corner: v. buelow:
   Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Graf von Dennewitz (Falkenberg (Wische) 1755 - Königsberg [now Kaliningrad] 1816), Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (Wikipedia).
5. West: v. stein:
   Karl Freiherr vom und zum Stein (known as "Freiherr vom Stein") (Nassau 1757 - Cappenberg 1831), Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms that paved the way for the unification of Germany (Wikipedia)..
6. NW corner: v. kleist:
   Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf (Berlin 1762 - Berlin 1823), Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) (Wikipedia).
7. North: Group of five men:

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   7b

   7c

   7d

   7e

   1. v. schoen:
      Theodor von Schön (Schreitlaugken, Kreis Tilsit 1773 - Gut Arnau bei Königsberg, Ostpreußen 1856), Prussion politician (Wikipedia).
   2. v. solms:
      Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach (Laubach 1769 - Köln 1822), Prussian politician, first president of the Prussian province of Jülich-Cleve-Berg (Wikipedia).
   3. v. scharnhorst:
      Gerhard von Scharnhorst (Bordenau, Neustadt am Rübenberge 1755 - Praha 1813), general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff, noted for both his writings, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars (Wikipedia).
   4. beuth:
      Christian Peter Wilhelm Beuth (Kleve 1781 - Berlin 1853), Prussian statesman, involved in the Prussian reforms and the main mover in Prussia's industrial renewal (Wikipedia).
   5. w.v. humboldt:
      Wilhem von Humboldt (Potsdam 1767 - Tegel 1835), Prussian philosopher, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the University of Berlin, which was named after him (and his brother, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt) in 1949 (Wikipedia).

   
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8. NE corner: v. york:
   Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (Potsdam 1759 - Gut Klein-Öls, Landkreis Ohlau, Niederschlesien, 1830), Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Calandrelli.

The four reliefs:

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1. East: Text plaque with allegorical women.

   
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2. South: Left and right: personalities from business, trade and industry; in the center those men who have supported the building of the cathedral: M. Boisseree, Wallraf, S. Boisseree, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Ernst Friedrich Zwirner, von Wittgenstein, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, Archbishop von Spiegel, Rolshausen, von Groote, von der Heydt, Camphausen, David Hansemann, Hugo Stinnes, Merkens, Haniel, von Diergardt, August Borsig

   
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3. West: "Wars of liberation". From left to right: Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Rückert, Max von Schenkendorf, Christian Gottfried Körner, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Karl-Theodor Körner, Justus von Gruner.

   
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4. North: ??

Inscription(s)

Signature

Annotation

Sculptors

• Gustav Blaeser (also Bläser) (Düsseldorf 1813 - Cannstatt 1874), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Alexander Calandrelli (Berlin 1834 - Lankwitz 1903), German sculptor of Italian descent (Wikipedia).
  
• Raymond Kittl (Wien 1932), German sculptor from Düsseldorf Denkmalplatz
  
• Hermann Schievelbein (Berlin 1817 - Berlin 1867), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Carl Schuler (sometimes Karl Schuler) (1847-1886), German sculptor
  
• Rudolf Schweinitz (Charlottenburg 1839 - Berlin 1896), German sculptor.Signed:

Sources & Information

• Köln-Tourismus, Denkmäler & Brunnen in Köln.
• KölnWiki, Reiterdenkmal am Heumarkt.
• Wikimedia commons, Reiterdenkmal am Heumarkt.
• Westfälische Geschichte, Denkmal für König Friedrich Wilhelm III. mit Statue Steins, 1878.

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Location (N 50°56'10" - E 6°57'38")