The Siegesdenkmal in Freiburg im Breisgau is a monument to the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. It was erected at the northern edge of the historic center of Freiburg im Breisgau next to the former Karlskaserne (barracks). After World War II it was moved 100m to the west. Today it is located on Europaplatz.
Siegesdenkmal (2009)
copperplate engraving from the magazine Die Gartenlaube von 1877
Statue 1
Statue 2
Freiburg im Breisgau, usually called simply Freiburg, is an independent city in the state of Baden-Württemberg in south-western Germany. With a population of about 231,848, it is the fourth-largest city in that state after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of about 355,000 (2021) while the greater Freiburg metropolitan area ("Einzugsgebiet") has about 660,000 (2018).
Image: Freiburg 017.650.n
Image: Historisches Kaufhaus (Freiburg) 2431
Image: Studienplatz Fränze Vordtriede
Image: Freiburger Münster, Winter