Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great

Monumental sculpture of the King of Prussia Frederick II on horseback. The main work of the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch, one of the outstanding works of sculpture of the XIX century, marked the transition to realism. At Berliners, the monument bears the ironic nickname “Old Fritz”.nDuring the Second World War, the monument was covered from the bombardments with a stone casing, the monument survived the war without damage. In the postwar years, political posters were pasted on a massive casing. After the division of Berlin, the head of the museum department in the East Berlin Magistrate declared October 1, 1949: “The equestrian king must be removed, […] he is heading east”nCapital restoration of the monument was carried out by the decision of the Senate of Berlin in 2001. The monument was dismantled and properly repaired in the workshops under the supervision of the relevant department for the protection of cultural monuments.