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26-571: The Siegesdenkmal is dedicated to the XIV Corps (German Empire) of the German army, in which mostly soldiers from Baden served. Under the command of General August von Werder the battles at Montbéliard in 1871 ended in victory. In the general mood of victory, funds were raised in Baden (with cities from Lörrach to Karlsruhe participating), to erect a statue in the middle of Baden . A public competition

52-546: A figure. It is the normal pedestal for divine figures in Buddhist art and Hindu art , and often seen in Jain art . Originating in Indian art , it followed Indian religions to East Asia in particular. In imperial China, a stone tortoise called bixi was traditionally used as the pedestal for important stele, especially those associated with emperors. According to the 1396 version of

78-571: A number of other units. This could include one or more 14th (Baden) Foot Artillery was partially garrisoned in Straßburg (as part of XV Corps ) and Müllheim (as part of XIV Corps). In addition, the 66th (4th Baden) Field Artillery was stationed in Lahr and Neubreisach as part of XV Corps. On mobilization on 2 August 1914, the Corps was restructured. The 28th Cavalry Brigade was withdrawn to form part of

104-476: A square base which is surrounded by steps on all four sides. It is made of granite from the Black Forest . The statue of the goddess of victory stands on the tapered pedestal . She is on a hemisphere and holding a laurel wreath . Four warriors armed with different types of weapons rise from the corners of the base. Three of them are intended to symbolize the defenders, but the fourth warrior, an artillerist ,

130-404: Is also called basement . The minimum height of the plinth is usually kept as 45 cm (for buildings) . It transmits loads from superstructure to the substructure and acts as the retaining wall for the filling inside the plinth or raised floor. In sculpting, the terms base, plinth, and pedestal are defined according to their subtle differences. A base is defined as a large mass that supports

156-490: Is fatally injured. The figures are considered the main work of Karl Friedrich Moest. The pedestal shows four bronze tablets with inscriptions. Its corners are embellished with juvenile genii in positions of movement. Above them, medallions with the emblems of the German Reich are engraved. A masterful result which dominates the location. Even if its architecture appears slightly too soft and too bluntly structured. With

182-559: Is from Greek ἄκρος ákros 'topmost' and πούς poús (root ποδ- pod- ) 'foot'. Although in Syria , Asia Minor and Tunisia the Romans occasionally raised the columns of their temples or propylaea on square pedestals, in Rome itself they were employed only to give greater importance to isolated columns, such as those of Trajan and Antoninus , or as a podium to the columns employed decoratively in

208-603: The 6th Cavalry Division and the 29th Cavalry Brigade was broken up and its regiments assigned to the divisions as reconnaissance units. The divisions received engineer companies and other support units from the Corps headquarters. Unusually, the Corps retained its 5th Infantry brigade, making it the strongest active corps on mobilisation. In summary, XIV Corps mobilised with 30 infantry battalions, 10 machine gun companies (60 machine guns), 8 cavalry squadrons, 24 field artillery batteries (144 guns), 4 heavy artillery batteries (16 guns), 3 pioneer companies and an aviation detachment. At

234-700: The Lisaine River ; however, after a three-day battle, he was repelled and his army retreated into Switzerland. XIV Corps was disbanded in March 1871. After the peace treaty, the XIV Corps was re-established on 1 July 1871 almost exclusively with troops from the Grand Duchy of Baden . It was assigned to the V Army Inspectorate , but joined the 7th Army at the start of the First World War . The 25 peacetime Corps of

260-512: The German Army (Guards, I - XXI, I - III Bavarian) had a reasonably standardised organisation. Each consisted of two divisions with usually two infantry brigades, one field artillery brigade and a cavalry brigade each. Each brigade normally consisted of two regiments of the appropriate type, so each Corps normally commanded 8 infantry, 4 field artillery and 4 cavalry regiments. There were exceptions to this rule: Each Corps also directly controlled

286-557: The Roman triumphal arches. The architects of the Italian Renaissance , however, conceived the idea that no order was complete without a pedestal, and as the orders were by them employed to divide up and decorate a building in several stories, the cornice of the pedestal was carried through and formed the sills of their windows, or, in open arcades, round a court, the balustrade of the arcade . They also would seem to have considered that

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312-564: The city's Augustiner Museum . Joint second place went to the sculptor Josef Alois Knittel from Freiburg im Breisgau , whose son Gustav Adolf Knittel later on became the master student of Moest and was involved in the construction of the Siegesdenkmal . The sculptural and ornamental elements were made in the Bildgießerei ("casting house") of Lenz in Nürnberg and the work on the granite

338-689: The defensive posture of the four warriors in the four corners of the base body, the artist thoughtfully depicts the main aspect of that glorious battle, where the challenge was not to attack, as the opponents did, but to defend the open door of the unprotected fatherland to the last man. Thus, three German men are now honored with memorials in Freiburg: Rotteck , Bertold Schwarz and Werder. 47°59′52″N 7°51′11″E  /  47.99791°N 7.85305°E  / 47.99791; 7.85305 XIV Corps (German Empire) World War I The XIV Army Corps / XIV AK ( German : XIV. Armee-Korps )

364-589: The fall of Strasbourg, these troops were formed into a new XIV Corps by the All-highest Cabinet Order ( Allerhöchste Kabinettsorder , AKO) of 30 September 1870. Werder defeated the French at Dijon and at Nuits and proceeded to besiege Belfort . General Charles Denis Bourbaki assembled an army intending to relieve Belfort, leading to the Battle of Villersexel . On 15 January 1871, Bourbaki attacked Werder along

390-568: The government was collecting metal in 1940, Robert Heinrich Wagner , the Gauleiter (district leader) on the Upper Rhine ( Baden and Alsace ), requested the monument to be given to Adolf Hitler as a birthday present. This request was denied by the city administration. In 1944, November, 4th, the monument survived a bombing even though the barracks of the Karlsbau , which are situated directly next to

416-401: The height of the pedestal should correspond in its proportion with that of the column or pilaster it supported; thus in the church of Saint John Lateran, where the applied order is of considerable dimensions, the pedestal is 13 feet (4.0 m) high instead of the ordinary height of 3 to 5 feet (1.5 m). In Asian art a lotus throne is a stylized lotus flower used as the seat or base for

442-530: The monument to the Baden Dragoons used to be situated, but this was removed after the war. At the old location of the Siegesdenkmal , a big crossroads was built, with tram and bus stations and a pedestrian underpass. In the course of the construction work on the Rotteckring, which started in 2014 and are anticipated to last to 2018, it is planned to move the monument back to its original place. The memorial has

468-495: The monument, were entirely destroyed. The west wing of the building was rebuilt between 1950 and 1951. Nowadays, it houses the city's social welfare and youth welfare office. In 1948, the request by the German Peace Society and Bund der Kriegsgegner (German Pacifist Union) to remove the monument was denied. In 1961, the monument was moved 100 m westwards as it had become an obstacle on the newly built city highway. There,

494-534: The outbreak of World War I , the Corps was assigned to the 7th Army on the left of the forces that executed the Schlieffen Plan and fought in the Battle of the Frontiers . In September, it was transferred to the 6th Army . From November 1916 to March 1917, the corps took command of Group Hardaumont of the 5th Army . In March 1917, it was transferred to the 3rd Army and took command of Group Prosnes. In May, it

520-438: The sculpture from below. A plinth is defined as a flat and planar support which separates the sculpture from the environment. A pedestal, on the other hand, is defined as a shaft-like form that raises the sculpture and separates it from the base. An elevated pedestal or plinth that bears a statue, and which is raised from the substructure supporting it (typically roofs or corniches), is sometimes called an acropodium . The term

546-581: Was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War I . It was, effectively, also the army of the Grand Duchy of Baden , which, in 1871, had been integrated into the Prussian Army command structure, as had the armies of most German states. Both divisions and the bulk of the corps' support units were from the grand duchy. The corps was established in 1870, after the Siege of Strasbourg . It

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572-520: Was assigned to the V Army Inspectorate , which became the 7th Army at the start of the First World War . It was still in existence at the end of the war as part of the 18th Army , Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front . A siege corps was formed to besiege Strasbourg during the Franco-Prussian War under the command of General der Infanterie August von Werder . After

598-455: Was conducted by local sculptor Alberto Luratti. For the decoration of the monument gun barrels from the defeated enemy were used. The total production cost amounted to 85,000 gold marks . The monument was inaugurated on October, 3rd, 1876. At the inauguration Emperor Wilhelm I , Grand Duke Frederick I and his wife Louise , Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and August von Werder himself, among others, resided as guests of honor. When

624-576: Was organized among the sculptors in Germany for a design of the statue. Whereby, some artists were explicitly invited to participate. The jury consisted of five artists and art connoisseurs: The winner amongst the 18 competitors is Karl Friedrich Moest , a sculptor working at the art academy of Karlsruhe. He was then also in charge of the realization of the monument. Professor Caspar von Zumbusch from Munich and Reinhold Begas from Berlin earned second and third places respectively. Their models were displayed in

650-541: Was still in existence at the end of the war as part of the 18th Army , Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front . The XIV Corps had the following commanders during its existence: Pedestal A pedestal (from French piédestal , from Italian piedistallo  'foot of a stall') or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue , vase , column , or certain altars . Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles . In civil engineering , it

676-510: Was transferred to the 4th Army 's control and took command of Group Dixmude. During this period, it fought in the Battle of Passchendaele . Taking over from the XIX Corps at Wijtschate in November 1917, the XIV Corps formed a new Group Wytschaete , which it commanded until December 1917, after which it took over Group Busigny in the 6th Army. It remained in command of this group into 1918. It

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