The Gneisenau 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

August Neidhardt von Gneisenau August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (27 October 176023 August 1831) was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation. Early life Gneisenau was born at Schild ...

(1760–1831). Created from 1840 to 1855 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 piece 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 Bebelplatz green space.

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Stiehm Gneisenaudenkmal Berlin.jpg, Full view, 1870s General Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau statue – Bust.jpg, Gneisenau statue General Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau statue – Socle, front panel.jpg, Front relief General Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau, statue – Coat of Arms.jpg, Back relief Berlin- A woman playing with her dog in Bebelplatz - 3822.jpg, Current location (right) Berlin Opernplatz um 1900.jpg, Original location (right)

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