Friedrich-Mohr-Denkmal, Monument in the Altstadt, Koblenz, Germany
The Friedrich-Mohr-Denkmal on Friedrich-Ebert-Ring is a bronze bust of Karl Friedrich Mohr on a new pedestal, flanked by two reliefs in modern metal frames. It stands near the Eichendorff-Gymnasium, whose predecessor school Mohr helped establish in 1855. The original exedra with figure panels was destroyed in the Second World War.
Sculptor Hugo Cauer from Bad Kreuznach created this monument, which was inaugurated on June 21, 1914 at Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring with support from the city of Koblenz. The monument connects to Mohr's founding of a predecessor school at this location in 1855.
The monument's location outside the Eichendorff-Gymnasium recalls Mohr's 1855 push to found a predecessor school in the Krämerzunfthaus. The bronze bust follows antique-style portraiture, and two reliefs flank it in modern metal frames. The site is a stop on Koblenz's commemorative landscape for a native scientist.
The monument is easily accessible at the edge of the school building on the street side. Visitors can approach the site at any time of day and view it from outside without requiring entry.
The monument was inaugurated on 21 June 1914 as an exedra with figure panels on the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring, now Friedrich-Ebert-Ring. Heavy damage in the Second World War air raids left it unrebuilt; only the bronze bust was re-erected, later before the Eichendorff-Gymnasium, and returned to Friedrich-Ebert-Ring in October 2022 with two reliefs in modern metal frames.
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