Friedrich Schiller Memorial

Friedrich Schiller Memorial

This bronze statue is the Friedrich Schiller Memorial on Schiller Square in Vienna's First District. There are four seated figures at the four corners of the pedestal, derived from Schiller's poem "The Song of the Bell", representing children (sitting on their mother's lap), the elderly, young travelers, and cast iron workers. Franz P ö nninger and Josef R ö lich created this monument at the K.K. Art Foundry.
Half body portrait of Friedrich Schiller

Half body portrait of Friedrich Schiller

The statue of Friedrich Schiller's portrait bust is located near the Klein Grossnau beach. Created in 1905 at the Blansko iron foundry in Moravia. Friedrich Schiller was a renowned poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright in German history, whose works had a profound impact on German literature and the European Enlightenment. This bust is a tribute to Schiller's cultural heritage and also reflects the popular trend of public art sculpture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.