Arnoldi Denkmal - Gotha, TH, Deutschland
N 50° 56.981 E 010° 42.538
32U E 620043 N 5645619
1842 geschaffenes klassizistisches Denkmal an Ernst-Wilhelm Arnoldi in Gotha
Waymark Code: WM10WJH
Location: Thüringen, Germany
Date Posted: 07/02/2019
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In 1843, the classicist Arnoldidenkmal, created by the sculptor Friedrich Leopold Döll, was inaugurated on the square next to the court theatre and the square was named Arnoldiplatz. In 1969 the monument was demolished and the individual parts stored as building rubble at Siebleb Castle Mönchhof.
Through the initiative of Matthias Wenzel, the individual parts of the old monument were recovered in a large-scale salvage operation. The Association for the History and Preservation of the Old Town started a fundraising campaign for the reconstruction in 1996. On 24 May 2003, on the occasion of the 225th birthday of Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi, the old monument was inaugurated for the second time in its new splendour on Ekhofplatz next to the main post office.
Ernst-Wilhelm Arnoldi (* 21. May 1778 in Gotha; † 27. May 1841 ibid.) was a German merchant and is regarded as the "father of German insurance".
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Location: Grünfläche am Ekhofplatz
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