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Idstedt Lion Monument (Istedløwe) in Flensburg

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Hans Jaron

November 12, 2017

Was the first municipal cemetery in the country. The Old Cemetery, preserved until today almost unchanged, is one of the most important monuments of classicism in Schleswig-Holstein. The Idstedt Lion is a victory monument and commemorates the victory of the Danish Army over Schleswig-Holstein at the Battle of Idstedt on July 25, 1850.

The result of this victory was that Flensburg still belonged to Denmark.

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Andy

January 23, 2022

The mighty Idstedt lion by the sculptor Herman Wilhelm Bissen (*1798-1868 †) aroused emotions like no other monument in the history of Denmark and the borderland, and caused discussions and disputes. Twelve years after the Battle of Idstedt on July 25, 1862, the Idstedt lion looking south towards the Eider was placed in the old cemetery in Flensburg. It was a symbol of the Danish victory over Schleswig-Holstein at the end of the uprising. Prussia and Austria were victorious in the Second Schleswig War of 1863/64. The Idstedt lion was brought to Berlin as a victory trophy in 1867 after the annexation of the duchies by the Kingdom of Prussia. After the end of World War II, Americans brought the monument to Copenhagen. On September 10, 2011, the former victory monument returned to the old cemetery in Flensburg after 147 years as a symbol of German-Danish friendship.

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HPT

April 14, 2019

The lion stands in the area of the museum park on the ridge above the city. It was created in 1862 by the Danish sculptor Hermann Wilhelm Bissen and came via different stations in 2011 to its current location.

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Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Idstedt Lion Monument (Istedløwe) in Flensburg

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