The Blücher Memorial on

Bebelplatz The Bebelplatz (formerly and colloquially the Opernplatz) is a public square in the central Mitte district of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The square is located on the south side of the Unter den Linden boulevard, a major east-west thoroughfa ...

green space in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

's Mitte district commemorates the

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

n field marshal and freedom fighter

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (; 21 December 1742 – 12 September 1819), ''Graf'' (count), later elevated to ''Fürst'' (sovereign prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (field marshal). He earned ...

(1742–1819). Created from 1819 to 1826 by

Christian Daniel Rauch Christian Daniel Rauch (2 January 1777 – 3 December 1857) was a German sculptor. He founded the Berlin school of sculpture, and was the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century. Life Rauch was born at Arolsen in the Principality of ...

in neoclassical style, it is a masterpiece of the Berlin school of sculpture. Until 1950 the bronze statue stood at the front of

Unter den Linden Unter den Linden (, "under the linden trees") is a boulevard in the central Mitte district of Berlin, the capital of Germany. Running from the City Palace to Brandenburg Gate, it is named after the linden (lime in England and Ireland, not re ...

avenue, with which it formed an urban ensemble, and since 1963 it has stood at the back of the current location.Bloch; Grzimek (1978), p. 92.

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Stiehm Blücherdenkmal Berlin.jpg, Full view, 1870s Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher – Statue, bust.jpg, Blücher statue Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher – Statue, socle – “Return of the Quadriga”.jpg, " Return of the Quadriga" relief Berlin Opernplatz um 1900.jpg, Original location on Unter den Linden Berlin- A woman playing with her dog in Bebelplatz - 3822.jpg, Current location on Bebelplatz

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