Monument

Furtwängler Monument

The Furtwängler Monument on Baden-Baden’s Augustaplatz commemorates the composer Wilhelm Furtwängler. It was donated by the Comité zur kulturellen Förderung Baden-Badens and unveiled on 30 November 2009. The Jusos Baden-Baden (Young Socialists) criticised the monument on account of Furtwängler’s Nazi past.[1]

The Monument

The monument shows the conductor’s head on a stone plinth. On it is the inscription:

WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER
(1886-1954)
COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR
DONATED BY:
Comité zur kulturellen Förderung Baden-Badens
HRH Max Margrave of Baden, Patron
HE Ermano Sens-Grosholz, President
Frankl André Pages, Vice President

Inscription

Translated from the German original.

See also

Sources

References:

  1. PM Jusos kritisieren geplantes Furtwängler- Denkmal

German original last checked on 6. July 2026
Automatically translated on 6. July 2026