Schiller monument, Bronze monument in Taunusanlage, Frankfurt, Germany

The Schiller Monument is a bronze statue of Friedrich Schiller, about four metres tall, standing on a cubic syenite pedestal of equal height. Schiller wears a culotte and waistcoat with a light coat, holds a book in his bent left hand and a quill in his lowered right hand, and has a laurel wreath on his head. It stands at the Taunustor in the Taunusanlage.

Frankfurt citizens commissioned the monument in Schiller's anniversary year 1859; Johannes Dielmann's plaster model won first prize. Cast in bronze, it was unveiled on 9 May 1864 on Paradeplatz, renamed Schillerplatz. Moved in 1938 to Rathenauplatz, it has stood at Taunustor since May 1955, Schiller's 150th death anniversary. It was restored in 2005.

Schiller lived in Frankfurt three times between 1782 and 1784, and his drama Kabale und Liebe premiered at the city theatre on 13 April 1784. The 1859 Schiller festival drew over 40,000 visitors and saw the founding of the Freie Deutsche Hochstift. The laurel wreath on the statue's head marks the city's tribute to the poet.

The monument sits in Gallusanlage park and is easily accessible via several public transit stops near Frankfurt's downtown shopping area. The park is open to everyone and provides space to view the sculpture from different angles.

The monument stands at the Taunustor in the Taunusanlage, not in the Gallusanlage; the Goethe monument was the one temporarily placed in the Gallusanlage in 1952. Schiller's bronze, about four metres tall, rests on a cubic syenite base of the same height. He wears a culotte and waistcoat with a light coat, a book in his bent left hand and a quill in his lowered right hand.