Carl Klinke Monument Spandau
Location: 96, Schönwalder Allee, 13587 Berlin. East of Schönwalder Allee at Klinkeplatz, in a small green area (Hakenfelde). ♁52° 33′ 21.7" , 13° 11′ 56.1"|
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 Inscription (obverse, text in capital letters): Inscription (reverse, text in capital letters): Loyalty is adorned with deeds, not words. |
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Born on 18 June 1840 in Bohsdorf (Lusatia), the worker and soldier Carl Klinke died on 18 April 1864 during the storming of the Düppel ski jumps near Sønderborg during the Prussian-Danish War.
In Prussia, Klinke was revered for his self-sacrificing heroic death; he blew himself up with a powder bag in the redoubt, thus enabling the capture of the fortifications by the troops of the
erman Confederation. The monument, unveiled on 31 May 1908, is located in a green area on the Klinkeplatz of the same name (until 1937 Düppelplatz). The 2.3-metre-high bronze sculpture on a two-metre-high base made of polished Bavarian granite was designed by Professor Wilhelm Wandschneider and cast by Gladenbeck in Friedrichshagen. At the feet of the pioneer equipped for the assault – between shattered bulwarks – lies the broken Danish flag, the Danebrog. |
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References: Pioneer Carl Klinke Carl Klinke Hakenfelde (Pioneer Monument Carl Klinke), Berlin |