Photo by Ferdinand Schmidt Illustration in: Nuremberg, Paul Johannes Rée, Leipzig, 1907, page 230 _______ (…) The Prince Regent Luitpold Monument was unveiled on March 12, 1901, the 80th birthday of Prince Regent Luitpold (1886–1912), in the forecourt of the new main train station. It was removed in 1934 as an obstruction to traffic and melted down during the war. The equestrian statue was created by Wilhelm Ruemann and cast by Ferdinand von Miller in Munich. Portrait medallions of the four Bavarian kings were displayed on the pedestal, which was designed by Paul Pfann. Apart from a municipal subsidy of 25,000 marks, the Prince Regent Luitpold Monument was financed by a few private individuals who together raised 194,000 marks. Among them was the Jewish hop wholesaler and art patron Ludwig Gerngros. The production costs of 200,000 marks were meticulously matched to those of the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument, which was being erected at the same time in Egidienplatz.

The surplus from the donations was used for an elaborate unveiling ceremony.

Q: StadtAN C 7/ I Nos. 11282–11285

L: Vomm, W., Equestrian Statues of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, 2 vols., Bergisch Gladbach 1979.

(Markus Vogt)

quoted from: City Lexicon Nuremberg, edited by Michael Diefenbacher and Rudolf Endres, Nuremberg 1999

In 1934, the monument was removed because it obstructed traffic. It was melted down during the war.