Schiller Monument (Berlin)
Schiller monument on Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt | |
| Location | Berlin |
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| Coordinates | 52°30′49″N 13°23′34″E / 52.51364°N 13.39268°E |
| Designer | Reinhold Begas |
| Type | Monument |
| Opening date | 10 November 1871 |
| Restored date | 2006 |
| Dedicated to | Friedrich Schiller |
The Schiller Monument is located in central Berlin (Berlin-Mitte) on Gendarmenmarkt, in front of the flight of steps leading up to the former royal theater, today a concert hall. It honors the poet, philosopher and historian Friedrich Schiller, who is also regarded as one of the most significant dramatists and lyricists of the German language. The set of statues was executed by Reinhold Begas a prominent 19th-century German sculptor. It is a registered historic monument.
It was the first public monument to a poet to be erected in Berlin.