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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)

Joseph Echteler & Reinhold Begas
1900 (replaced 1991)

Description

Bust on a sockle.
The original bust by Echteler was lost in the Second World War and in 1991 replaced with a copy of the 1886 bust made by Reinhold Begas.

Inscription(s)

BISMARCK

Sculptors

Reinhold Begas (Schöneberg 1831 - Schöneberg 1911), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Joseph Echteler (Legau 1853 - Mainz 1908), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Bismarckdenkmale in Deutschland.

Locatie (N 52°11'12" - E 9°4'35") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens574; Photograph: 27 July 2024
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