Description
Bronze statue.
On the socle are three reliefs:
- zieten und sein lehrer baronay Rothschloss den 22 Juli 1741. / Zieten and his teacher Baronay near Rotschschloß, scene from the First Silesian War (1740-1742).
- zieten und vier sæschische regimentr Katol. Hennersdorf den 23 Novbr. 1745. / Zieten and his Saxonian regiments near Katholisch-Hennersdorf, scene from the War of the Austrian Succession.
- zieten auf den siptitzer höhen Torgau den 3 Novbr. 1760. / Zieten on the Siptitz Heights, in the Battle of Torgau, scene from the War of the Austrian Succession.
Signature
nach dem marmor von g. schadow von kiss.
ausgefürt im königlichen gewerbe-institute 1857.
Reliefs: m. klein 2003 - nach j.g. schadow
Information Sign
GENERAL DER CAVALLERIE
VON ZIETEN
Generalfeldmarschall
Marmororiginal von Johann Gottfried Schadow mit 3 Relieftafeln,
aufgestellt 1794, ersetzt 1857 durch Bronzekopien von Kiss.
Wieder-
errichtet 2003 unter der Federführung der Schadow Gesellschaft e.V.
Berlin, mit Unterstützung des Lions Club Berlin-Grunewald.
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Statues of Prussian Military on the Wilhelmsplatz
After the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, a plan was developed to to build on the Wilhelmplatz statues of the Prussian generals fallen in that war. So arose four marble figures of
- Marshal Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (sculptor François Gaspard Adam and Sigisbert François Michel, 1769),
- Field Marshal Hans Karl von Winterfeldt (Johann David Räntz and Johann Lorenz Wilhelm Räntz, 1777),
- General Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (Jean-Pierre Antoine Tassaert, 1781 ), and
- Field Marshal James Keith (Jean-Pierre Antoine Tassaert, 1786).
They show the the general in a conventional form. Schwerin and Winterfeldt shown in antique-style with Roman clothes and weapons, and Keith and Seydlitz in period uniforms.
In the years 1794 and 1828 two more statues were placed on Wilhelmplatz, which were originally intended for other Berlin city squares. They came from the Berlin sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow and depict
- Hans Joachim of Zieten - which was intended for the now-defunct Dönhoffplatz -
- Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, called the "Old Dessauer", which first stood in the the Lustgarten.
On the advice of Christian Daniel Rauch because of the susceptibility of the material the sculptor August Kiß made in 1857 bronze versions of the marble statues. However Kiß designed the sculptures of Schwerin and Winterfeldt entirely new and and depicted them also in period uniforms. The original marble statues are at present in the Bode Museum.
The six statues survived the Second World War, but remained for decades in various deposits withdrawn from public view. After the turn of the millennium at the instigation of the Berlin Schadow Society was planned to replace the statues in the vicinity of their historical locations. The bronze copies of the monuments of Anhalt-Dessau Zieten and were placed on the metro island on the transverse axis of the former Wilhelmplatz in 2003 and 2005. The remaining four bronze statues found in September 2009, a new site on the adjacent Zietenplatz.
Tablet on the pedestal of Seydlitz' statue:
Hier auf dem Zietenplatz wurden im Jahre 2009 unter der Federführung der Schadow Gesellschaft
Berlin e.V. mit Unterstützung des Lions Club Berlin-Grunewald und des Landesdenkmalamts
Berlin vier Standbilder verdienter Feldmarschälle und Generäle Friedrichs des Großen aufgestellt.
generalfeldmarschall kurt christoph graf von schwerin
generalfeldmarschall jakob von kleith
general der cavallerie friedrich wilhelm von seydlitz
generalleutnant hans carl von winterfeldt
Sie bildeten bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges gemeinsam mit den Denkmälern des Husaren-
general Hans-Joachim von Zieten un des „Alten Dessauersʺ ein Ensemble auf dem ehemaligen
Wilhelmsplatz inmitten einer großzügigen Grünanlage. Mit der Neuaufstellung der insgesamt
sechs Standbilder ist das alte Ensemble wieder hergestellt.
sponsoren
[Names]
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Sculptors
- August Kiß (Paprotzan bei Pleß 1802 - Berlin 1865),
German sculptor
(Wikipedia).
- M. Klein
- Johann Gottfried Schadow (Berlin 1764 - Berlin 1850),
German sculptor
(Wikipedia).
Tags
Locatie (N 52°30'42" - E 13°23'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: debe029; Photograph: 9 August 2013
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