Empress Augusta Memorial

The Empress Augusta Memorial is located in the Lichtentaler Allee on the Museum Mile. It commemorates Empress Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, who in the 19th century, together with her husband Emperor Wilhelm I, was a frequent and welcome guest in Baden-Baden.

Memorial

The memorial is a marble bust of Empress Augusta, created by the sculptor Joseph von Kopf at one-and-a-half times life size. The bust stands on a granite plinth designed by Friedrich von Thiersch. At the top of the plinth is the inscription “Kaiserin Augusta”, and at the bottom the inscription “Gewidmet von der dankbaren Stadt Baden” (Baden-Baden only received its double name later). The memorial was unveiled in 1892 by Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar. Originally it stood further north and was later moved to its present position during the construction of the Museum Frieder Burda.

Sources

• Bäuerle et al. Stadtführer Baden-Baden - Altstadt - Villen - Allee Arbeitskreis für Stadtgeschichte Baden-Baden e.V. 1994, ISSN 0936-742X pp. 131 f.