Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg memorial, Bronze monument at Wesertor, Minden, Germany.

This memorial depicts Friedrich Wilhelm I standing on a concrete base covered with granite slabs at Minden's eastern gate. The bronze figure faces southward and sits at ground level for easy viewing.

The memorial was created to mark 250 years since Minden became part of Prussia following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. This treaty reshaped the region's political boundaries and secured the city's future as a Prussian stronghold.

The plaque reads "Gedenke dass du ein Deutscher bist", a line traced to a 1658 Brandenburg pamphlet lamenting foreign rule over German lands. The date 1648 below it refers to the Peace of Westphalia, though visitors often misread it as the quote's year. In the 19th century the All-German Association adopted the saying as its motto, and it was later misused by the Thule Society and the Nazis; after the war German expellees claimed it.

The statue stands at Wesertor on the eastern side of the city and is easy to locate. The ground-level placement and open surroundings allow visitors to view the monument from different angles and approach it comfortably.

An almost identical copy of this statue once stood at the Naval Academy in Kiel but was destroyed during World War II. This lost version reflects how widely the memory of this Prussian ruler was honored across different German regions.