Frederick William IV of Prussia

The equestrian statue of Frederick William IV is an 1875–86 sculpture of Frederick William IV of Prussia by Alexander Calandrelli, installed in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany.

Photo: Jörg Zägel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Memorial
Description: 19th-century sculpture of King Frederick William IV of Prussia
Also known as: “Equestrian statue of Frederick William IV”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alte Nationalgalerie and Neues Museum.

Alte Nationalgalerie

Museum

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The Alte Nationalgalerie is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. The gallery was built from 1862 to 1876 by the order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Heinrich Strack in Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival styles.

Neues Museum

Museum

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The Neues Museum is a listed building on the Museum Island of Berlin. Built from 1843 to 1855 by order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia in Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival styles, it is considered as the major work of Friedrich August Stüler.

Pergamon Museum

Museum

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The Pergamon Museum is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. It was built from 1910 to 1930 by order of Emperor Wilhelm II and according to plans by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann in Stripped Classicism style. Pergamon Museum is situated 150 metres west of Frederick William IV of Prussia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mitte and Spandauer Vorstadt.

Mitte

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Mitte, literally meaning "the middle" and being a contraction of Stadtmitte, contains the historical heart of Berlin and represents in many ways the real centre of the city.

Spandauer Vorstadt

Quarter

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Spandauer Vorstadt is a historic district in what is now the Mitte district of Berlin.

Alt-Berlin

Locality

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Alt-Berlin, also spelled Altberlin, is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. In the 13th century it was the sister town of the old Cölln, located on the northern Spree Island in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Frederick William IV of Prussia

Categories: monument, sculpture, and historic site
Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

52.5206° or 52° 31′ 14″ north

Longitude

13.39859° or 13° 23′ 55″ east

Height

9.6 metres (31 feet)

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9F4MG9CX+6C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 429570537

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q24089142

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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Frederick William IV of Prussia” goes by many names.

French: “statue équestre de Frédéric-Guillaume IV de Prusse”
French: “Statue équestre de Frédéric-Guillaume IV de Prusse”
German: “Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preußen”
German: “Reiterstandbild Friedrich Wilhelms IV.”
Hausa: “Hoton da ke kan doki na Frederick William IV”
Japanese: “フリードリヒ・ヴィルヘルム4世騎馬像”
Russian: “Фридрих-Вильгельм IV”

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Highlights include Fountain at Kolonnadenhof and Museum Island.

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