The bronze figure of Konrad Adenauer stands 1.85 metres tall on Adenauerplatz. He wears a flowing coat and holds a hat in his hand, a frozen moment of movement captured in metal.
Helga Tiemann sculpted the monument in 2005, using a specific photograph as her guide. The image dates to September 21, 1949, as Adenauer left the Hotel Petersberg in Königswinter. At the time, the hotel served as the seat of the Allied High Commission.
During the meeting, Adenauer deliberately ignored instructions not to step on the carpet where the representatives of the occupying powers stood. The statue depicts him as he left the seat of the commission, capturing a moment from his time as Federal Chancellor.
Today, the statue remains a steady point in the streetscape of Charlottenburg. It commemorates the man who was captured in a moment of deliberate defiance against the occupying powers.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
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