Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Stone tower with three large stone busts above the entrance (Bismarck) and above the arches at the top of the stairs (Roon and Moltke).
Otto von Bismarck as minister president and foreign minister, Albrecht von Roon as Minister of War, and Helmuth von Moltke as chief of staff of the Prussian Army, were dominating figures in Prussia's government during the key decade of the 1860s, when a series of successful wars against Denmark, Austria, and France led to German unification under Prussia's leadership.

The architect of the tower was Georg Frentzen, the busts are sculpted by Karl Krauß. (Wikipedia).

Otto von Bismarck (Schönhausen, Elbe, 1815 - Friedrichsruh 1898), Prussian statesman and diplomat (Wikipedia).

Albrecht von Roon (Pleushagen 1803- Berlin 1879), Prussian soldier and statesman (Wikipedia).

Helmuth von Moltke (Parchim 1800 - Berlin 1891) Prussian field marshal

Bismarckturm (Bismarck Tower)

Specific type of monument built according to a more or less standard model across Germany to honour its first chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. Around 240 of these towers were built, of which some 173 remain today. The first was built in 1869 in Ober-Johnsdorf, Silesia, (now Janówek, Poland), but The vast majority of these towers were erected between Bismarck's death in 1898 and the 100th anniversary of his birth in 1915.
Often, these towers show a portrait medaillon or bust of Bismarck.

See Wikipedia, Bismarckturm and Liste von Bismarcktürmen.

Sculptor

• Karl Krauß (München 1859 - Aachen 1906), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Bismarckturm (Aachen).
• Wikipedia, Liste der Denkmäler, Brunnen und Skulpturen in Aachen.

Tags

• Town: Aachen
• Kreis: Stadt Aachen
• Land: Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Country: Germany
• Army Officer
• Bismarck, Otto von
• Krauß, Karl
• Moltke, Helmuth von
• Politician/Statesman
• Roon, Albrecht von

Locatie (N 50°44'48" - E 6°6'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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