Goethe-Schiller Denkmal


Dedicated in 1857, sculptor Ernst Rietschel's bronze statue of Goethe and Schiller, standing side by side holding a laurel wreath, was Germany's first 'double statue' and remains a national favourite. It's popular with German-Americans too: four exact replicas stand in cities across the US.


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