List of equestrian statues in Germany

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This is a list of equestrian statues in Germany.

TownMonumentPicture
Berlin City King Friedrich II by Christian Daniel Rauch
in the Unter den Linden 		Berlin Friedrich II Denkmal 09-2017 img2.jpg
Berlin City King Friedrich Wilhelm IV by Alexander Calandrelli
in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie 		Calandrelli-FW4-Mutter Erde fec.jpg
Berlin City Emperor Wilhelm I-National Monument by Reinhold Begas
in front of the Berlin City Palace, 1897-03-22, destroyed		 Berlin Nationaldenkmal Kaiser Wilhelm 2.jpg
Berlin-Rixdorf Emperor Wilhelm I by Albert Moritz Wolff
at the Hohenzollernplatz,
1902, destroyed in 1944		 Rixdorf, Hohenzollernplatz, Kaiser Wilhelm Denkmal.jpg
Berlin-Spandau Emperor Wilhelm I by Franz Dorrenbach
in the Neuendorfer Straße
Berlin City Emperor Friedrich III.
by Rudolf Maison,
in front of Bode Museum,
1904, destroyed in 1950s.		 Friedrich III - Rudolf Maison - Kaiser Friedrich-Museum, Berlin.jpg
Berlin City Saint George defeats the Dragon StGeorgeberlin.jpg
Aachen Emperor Friedrich III by Hugo Lederer
at the Kaiserplatz, 1911		 Kaiserplatz-ac.jpg
AachenEmperor Wilhelm I by Fritz Schaper,
1901, destroyed in 1942
Altötting Field Marshal Johann t’Serclaes by Sebastian Osterrieder
at the Kapellplatz		 Tilly - Osterrieder - Mutter Erde fec.jpg
Bad Frankenhausen Kyffhäuser Monument with Emperor Wilhelm I. by Bruno Schmitz
and Emil Hundrieser on top of the Kyffhäuser Mountain, 1890–1896		 Kyffhaeuserdenkmal Wilhelm I 08.JPG
Bamberg The Bamberg Horseman (Bamberger Reiter, possibly showing Hungarian King Stephen I), Cathedral, c. 1225-37. Bamberger Reiter BW 2.JPG
Bautzen King Albert by Walter Hauschild on the south side of the Lauenturm, 1913 Konig Albert von Sachsen-Statue in Bautzen.JPG
Bernburg Emperor Wilhelm I by Ludwig Manzel, 1901, destroyed
Braunschweig Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand by Franz Pönninger, foundry Georg Ferdinand Howaldt

Duke Friedrich Wilhelm by Ernst Hähnel, foundry Georg Ferdinand Howaldt
in front of the Braunschweiger Schloss		 Braunschweig Brunswick Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand und Friedrich Wilhelm.jpg
Bremen Emperor Friedrich III by Louis Tuaillon in the Herrmann-Böse-Str. Standbild-Friedrich3 Bremen.jpg
Bremen Chancellor Bismarck by Adolf von Hildebrand close to Bremer Dom, 1910 BismarckBremen.jpg
BremenEmperor Wilhelm I by Robert Bärwald, 1888–1893, destroyed in 1942. Bremen 1915.jpg
BremenTwo statues of Heralds by Rudolf Maison forward of the East Gate of the Town Hall, 1901, destroyed RathausBremen-02a.jpg
Chemnitz Emperor Wilhelm I at the Rathausmarkt, destroyed in World War II RathausBremen-02a.jpg
Cologne King Friedrich Wilhelm IV by Gustav Blaeser, Hohenzollernbrücke (Deutz side) Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preussen - Statue an der Hohenzollernbrucke Koln.jpg
CologneEmperor Wilhelm I by Friedrich Drake, Hohenzollernbrücke (Deutz side) Wilhelm I. Friedrich Ludwig - Statue an der Hohenzollernbrucke Koln.jpg
CologneEmperor Friedrich III by Louis Tuaillon, Hohenzollernbrücke (Cologne side) Friedrich III. von Preussen - Statue an der Hohenzollernbrucke Koln.jpg
Cologne Emperor Wilhelm II by Louis Tuaillon, Hohenzollernbrücke (Cologne side) Wilhelm II. - Statue an der Hohenzollernbrucke Koln (2007).jpg
CologneEmperor Wilhelm I by Richard Anders, 1890-1900, destroyed Wilhelm Koeln 1900.jpg
Cologne King Friedrich Wilhelm III by Gustav Blaeser at the Heumarkt, 1878 Standbild Heumarkt Koln - Gesamtansicht.jpg
Coburg Duke Ernest II by Gustav Eberlein in the Hofgarten Coburg-Hofgarten-Reiterdenkmal.jpg
Darmstadt Grand Duke Ludwig IV by Friedrich Schaper at the Luisenplatz, 1898 Statue von Ludwig IV. (Hessen-Darmstadt).jpg
Dresden King August II (Goldener Reiter) at the Neustädter Markt square Goldener Reiter Dresden Germany.JPG
Dresden King Albert by Max Baumbach in front of the Ständehaus, destroyed in 1950 Albert von Sachsen-Dresden-Max Baumbach.jpg
Dortmund Emperor Wilhelm I by Adolf von Donndorf in Hohensyburg, 1897-1902 Hohensyburg Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal PS750.jpg
Düsseldorf Duke Johann Wilhelm by Gabriël Grupello Jan Wellem Reiterstandbild in Dusseldorf.jpg
DüsseldorfEmperor Wilhelm I by Karl Janssen at the Martin-Luther-Platz Reiterstatue in Dusseldorf.jpg
Erfurt Emperor Wilhelm I by Ludwig Brunow, 1900, destroyed in 1942 Erfurt Denkmal Wilhelm I.jpg
Essen Emperor Wilhelm I by Hermann Volz at the Burgplatz, 1898 Essen 061121 025 00.jpg
Freiburg im Breisgau Zähringenes by Todor Bozhinov Freiburg im Breisgau TodorBozhinov (3).JPG
Frankfurt am MainEmperor Wilhelm I by Clemens Buscher, 1896, destroyed in 1940 Wilhemsdenkmal Frankfurt 1900.jpg
Gera Emperor Wilhelm I by Gustav Eberlein close to Johanniskirche, destroyed
Geislingen Emperor Wilhelm I by Gustav Eberlein at the Kirchplatz
GoslarEmperor Wilhelm I by Walter Schott at the Kaiserpfalz Goslar Kaiserpfalz.jpg
Goslar Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa at the Kaiserpfalz Barbarossa.JPG
Halle an der Saale Emperor Wilhelm I by Peter Breuer and Bruno Schmitz, destroyed in World War II
Hamburg Emperor Wilhelm I by Johannes Schilling in Planten un Blomen, 1903 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal in Hamburg-Neustadt.jpg
Hamburg-Altona Emperor Wilhelm I by Gustav Eberlein in front of the Townhall, 1898 Gustav Eberlein-Kaiser Wilhelm-Hamburg-Altona.jpg
Hannover Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, by Albert Wolff in front of central station Ernst-August-Denkmal in Hannover.jpg

Karlsruhe

Kiel

Koblenz

Krefeld

Lübeck

Magdeburg

Merseburg

Munich

Nuremberg

Osnabrück

Saarbrücken

Sankt Andreasberg

Schwerin

Solingen

Stuttgart

Waldheim

Weimar

Weißenfels

Wriezen

Überlingen

Wuppertal

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