Bismarck Monument, Granite monument in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
The Bismarck Monument in the Alten Elbpark is a 34.3-metre-tall granite figure of Otto von Bismarck, carved from 100 blocks of Oberkirch granite porphyry from Kappelrodeck and weighing 625 tonnes. The statue itself is 14.8 metres high, its head measures 1.83 metres, and the sword is ten metres long. Eight granite figures of Germanic tribes stand at its feet, added in 1908.
Johann Emil Schaudt designed the structure and Hugo Lederer created the sculpture, unveiled on June 2, 1906. The project consumed half a million Goldmarks.
The monument represents Otto von Bismarck, the first Chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890, who led the unification of German states.
The monument sits in Elbpark near the Landungsbrücken pier with direct views over the harbor. Several transport lines run within a few minutes' walk from here.
A network of catacombs runs beneath the base, used as an air-raid shelter between 1939 and 1940. Up to 650 people took refuge there during attacks.
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