Pomnik Fryderyka II we Wrocławiu, Bronze equestrian monument in Market Square, Wrocław, Poland.
The monument featured Frederick II on horseback, positioned on a marble pedestal near the New Town Hall in central Wrocław.
The statue was unveiled on May 19, 1847, in the presence of King Frederick William IV after the demolition of the Great Municipal Scale building.
The monument represented the Prussian influence in Silesia through its neoclassical design created by sculptors August Kiss and August Stüler.
During autumn 1944, SS units buried the monument in the Osobowicki Forest embankment to protect it from potential destruction.
Three local residents sold the statue illegally for 260,000 złoty to a bell foundry where it was melted down after World War II.
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