This is a list of equestrian statues in Germany.
Town | Monument | Picture |
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Berlin City | King Friedrich II by Christian Daniel Rauch in the Unter den Linden | ![]() |
Berlin City | King Friedrich Wilhelm IV by Alexander Calandrelli in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie | ![]() |
Berlin City | Emperor Wilhelm I-National Monument by Reinhold Begas in front of the Berlin City Palace, 1897-03-22, destroyed | ![]() |
Berlin-Rixdorf | Emperor Wilhelm I by Albert Moritz Wolff at the Hohenzollernplatz, 1902, destroyed in 1944 | ![]() |
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. | ![]() |
Berlin City | Saint George defeats the Dragon | ![]() |
Aachen | Emperor Friedrich III by Hugo Lederer at the Kaiserplatz, 1911 | ![]() |
Aachen | Emperor Wilhelm I by Fritz Schaper, 1901, destroyed in 1942 | |
Altötting | Field Marshal Johann t’Serclaes by Sebastian Osterrieder at the Kapellplatz | ![]() |
Bad Frankenhausen | Kyffhäuser Monument with Emperor Wilhelm I. by Bruno Schmitz and Emil Hundrieser on top of the Kyffhäuser Mountain, 1890–1896 | |
Bamberg | The Bamberg Horseman (Bamberger Reiter, possibly showing Hungarian King Stephen I), Cathedral, c. 1225-37. | |
Bautzen | King Albert by Walter Hauschild on the south side of the Lauenturm, 1913 | |
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 | ![]() |
Bremen | Emperor Friedrich III by Louis Tuaillon in the Herrmann-Böse-Str. | ![]() |
Bremen | Chancellor Bismarck by Adolf von Hildebrand close to Bremer Dom, 1910 | ![]() |
Bremen | Emperor Wilhelm I by Robert Bärwald, 1888–1893, destroyed in 1942. | ![]() |
Bremen | Two statues of Heralds by Rudolf Maison forward of the East Gate of the Town Hall, 1901, destroyed | ![]() |
Chemnitz | Emperor Wilhelm I at the Rathausmarkt, destroyed in World War II | ![]() |
Cologne | King Friedrich Wilhelm IV by Gustav Blaeser, Hohenzollernbrücke (Deutz side) | ![]() |
Cologne | Emperor Wilhelm I by Friedrich Drake, Hohenzollernbrücke (Deutz side) | ![]() |
Cologne | Emperor Friedrich III by Louis Tuaillon, Hohenzollernbrücke (Cologne side) | ![]() |
Cologne | Emperor Wilhelm II by Louis Tuaillon, Hohenzollernbrücke (Cologne side) | ![]() |
Cologne | Emperor Wilhelm I by Richard Anders, 1890-1900, destroyed | ![]() |
Cologne | King Friedrich Wilhelm III by Gustav Blaeser at the Heumarkt, 1878 | ![]() |
Coburg | Duke Ernest II by Gustav Eberlein in the Hofgarten | ![]() |
Darmstadt | Grand Duke Ludwig IV by Friedrich Schaper at the Luisenplatz, 1898 | ![]() |
Dresden | King August II (Goldener Reiter) at the Neustädter Markt square | |
Dresden | King Albert by Max Baumbach in front of the Ständehaus, destroyed in 1950 | ![]() |
Dortmund | Emperor Wilhelm I by Adolf von Donndorf in Hohensyburg, 1897-1902 | ![]() |
Düsseldorf | Duke Johann Wilhelm by Gabriël Grupello | ![]() |
Düsseldorf | Emperor Wilhelm I by Karl Janssen at the Martin-Luther-Platz | ![]() |
Erfurt | Emperor Wilhelm I by Ludwig Brunow, 1900, destroyed in 1942 | ![]() |
Essen | Emperor Wilhelm I by Hermann Volz at the Burgplatz, 1898 | ![]() |
Freiburg im Breisgau | Zähringenes by Todor Bozhinov | |
Frankfurt am Main | Emperor Wilhelm I by Clemens Buscher, 1896, destroyed in 1940 | ![]() |
Gera | Emperor Wilhelm I by Gustav Eberlein close to Johanniskirche, destroyed | |
Geislingen | Emperor Wilhelm I by Gustav Eberlein at the Kirchplatz | |
Goslar | Emperor Wilhelm I by Walter Schott at the Kaiserpfalz | ![]() |
Goslar | Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa at the Kaiserpfalz | |
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 | ![]() |
Hamburg-Altona | Emperor Wilhelm I by Gustav Eberlein in front of the Townhall, 1898 | ![]() |
Hannover | Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, by Albert Wolff in front of central station | ![]() |
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