1907 Bismarck Monument Hamburg Germany Vintage Postcard, Helgoländer Allee
About This Vintage Postcard
Witness the monumental scale of Germany's most famous "Iron Chancellor" with this atmospheric colorized postcard of the Bismarck Monument in Hamburg. Erected in 1906, this colossal granite figure stands 34.3 meters tall on a hill in the Alter Elbpark, symbolically guarding the city's vital port. The design by sculptor Hugo Lederer and architect Johann Emil Schaudt uniquely portrays Otto von Bismarck in the traditional Hanseatic style of a "Roland" statue, a patron saint of city rights and freedom, rather than in his standard military uniform. This scene captures the monument from the Helgoländer Allee, showing the massive statue wielding a giant sword against a backdrop of lush parkland and the distant harbor district.
Details
Era: Divided Back (circa 1907–1912)
City: Hamburg
State or Region: Hamburg
Country: Germany
Topic: Bismarck Monument, Alter Elbpark, Helgoländer Allee, German National Monuments, Hamburg Port History
Condition: Uncirculated
Postage: None
Address Side: divided back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Unknown
Publisher: Wilhelm Flohe, Hamburg 3 (No. 10250)
Printer: Wilhelm Flohe
Print Type: Lithograph
Additional Information
This card was published by Wilhelm Flohe, a local Hamburg-based editor whose studio at Hamburg 3 specialized in high-quality topographical views of the city during the Golden Age of postcards. The manufacturing date is narrowed to circa 1907–1912, aligning with the peak popularity of the Bismarck-Denkmal after its 1906 inauguration. The printer code "10250" found at the bottom of the vertical divider is a standard inventory number used by Flohe to track this specific view of the Helgoländer Allee. The monument itself is the largest of approximately 240 memorials dedicated to the chancellor worldwide and famously contains a network of catacombs that served as air-raid shelters for up to 650 people during World War II.
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