"Denkmal für Helmuth von Moltke" 1909
Hermann Hahn
Memorial for Helmuth von Moltke, Limestone
Sponsor: Bernhard Loose
The equestrian statue in honor of the Preussian field marshal Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891) was inaugurated on the 4th November 1909 at the west wall of the north tower of the Church of Our Lady. The memorial was erected as a high relief on a flat base.
Inscription on the base:
Erected in honor of Helmuth v. Moltke by a citizen of Bremen MDCCCCIX
Inscription on the backwards wall above the statue:
He who armed and prepared you/
Remember, you who draw him close/
Peace rests on the sword/
The deed grows in silence
(Verse by Rudolf Alexander Schröder)
