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Kriegerdenkmal Deutsche Einigungskriege - Germania

War Memorial German Unification Wars - Germania

Heinrich Klutmann
1877

Witten / Kriegerdenkmal Deutsche Einigungskriege - Germania

Description

11 meter high monument in the form of an octagonal cone, surmounted by a Germania figure. Around the cone in three levels the names of battlefields (paris, metz, sedan, spicheren, koeniggrätz, düppel, belfort, and strassburg), the names of the fallen soldiers from Witten (some almost unreadanle), and one with four medaillons with portraits.
At the upper edge of the square foot is written: den gefallen helden die stadt witten (The town of Witten to the fallen heroes) and on its corners the years 1864 1866, 1870, and 1871.
In addition, four stone allegorical eagles adorned the base of the monument until the end of World War II.

The monument, a victory monument, commemorates the wars of German unification (German-Danish War of 1864, German War of 1866 and Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71). The names of all Witten soldiers who lost their lives in these wars were embedded in the memorial.

Witten - Kriegerdenkmal Deutsche Einigungskriege - Germania
(below Metz):
Kaiser Wilhelm I, (Berlin 1797 - Berlin 1888), King of Prussia, 1861 - 1888, and the first German Emperor, 1871 - 1888 (Wikipedia)

(below Sedan):
Otto Fürst von Bismarck (Schönhausen 1815 - Friedrichsruh bei Hamburg 1898), German imperial chancellor from 1862 to 1890 (Wikipedia).

Witten - Kriegerdenkmal Deutsche Einigungskriege - Germania
(below Koeniggrätz):
Kaiser Friedrich III (Potsdam 1831-Potsdam 1888)
King of Prussia and German Emperor from 9 March to 15 June 1888.
(below Belfort):
Helmuth Graf von Moltke (Parchim 1800 - Berlin 1891), Generalfeldmarschall (Wikipedia).

NB Some stickers on the head of Friedrich III are digitally removed from the photo.

Sculptor

Heinrich Klutmann (Witten 1847 - Berlin 1905), German architect.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste von Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum in Witten.
Wikipedia, Kriegerdenkmal Germania (Witten).

Locatie (N 51°26'25" - E 7°19'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw987; Photograph: 31 July 2022
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(below Metz): Kaiser Wilhelm I, (Berlin 1797 - Berlin 1888), King of Prussia, 1861 - 1888, and the first German Emperor, 1871 - 1888 (Wikipedia)	(below Sedan): Otto Fürst von Bismarck (Schönhausen 1815 - Friedrichsruh bei Hamburg 1898), German imperial chancellor from 1862 to 1890 (Wikipedia).
(below Koeniggrätz): Kaiser Friedrich III (Potsdam 1831-Potsdam 1888) King of Prussia and German Emperor from 9 March to 15 June 1888.	(below Belfort): Helmuth Graf von Moltke (Parchim 1800 - Berlin 1891), Generalfeldmarschall (Wikipedia).