Karl Marx Monument

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cultural heritage monument in Germany monument outdoor sculpture tourist attraction

The Karl Marx Monument is a massive bronze sculpture of the philosopher’s head in Chemnitz, Germany, serving as a prominent symbol of the city’s socialist-era history.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Karl Marx Monument (Chemnitz)	5
Karl Marx Monument canonical	2
Karl Marx Monument in Chemnitz	1
Karl-Marx-Monument (Chemnitz)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural heritage monument in Germany ⓘ monument ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nischel ⓘ
associatedWith	Marxism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
category	Karl Marx monuments and memorials ⓘ bronze sculptures in Germany ⓘ
city	Chemnitz ⓘ
commissionedBy	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
country	Germany ⓘ
creator	Lev Kerbel ⓘ
depicts	Karl Marx ⓘ
designer	Lev Kerbel ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
faces	Brückenstraße ⓘ
hasInscription	Workers of the world, unite! ⓘ
hasPart	granite plinth ⓘ
height	approximately 7 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus	listed monument in Chemnitz ⓘ
historicalCityNameAtConstruction	Chemnitz ⓘ surface form: Karl-Marx-Stadt
inception	1971 ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Russian ⓘ
isLandmarkOf	Chemnitz ⓘ
localNickname	Nischel ⓘ
locatedIn	Chemnitz ⓘ Germany ⓘ Saxony ⓘ
locatedOn	Brückenstraße ⓘ
mainSubject	Karl Marx ⓘ
maintainedBy	Chemnitz ⓘ surface form: City of Chemnitz
materialUsed	bronze ⓘ
near	Chemnitz city center ⓘ
ownedBy	Chemnitz ⓘ surface form: City of Chemnitz
periodOfConstruction	late 1960s to early 1970s ⓘ
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
style	socialist realism ⓘ
symbolOf	Karl Marx’s influence on socialism ⓘ socialist-era history of Chemnitz ⓘ
tourismType	urban landmark ⓘ
unveiledOn	1971 ⓘ
wasErectedIn	Chemnitz ⓘ surface form: Karl-Marx-Stadt
weight	approximately 40 tons ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chemnitz → hasLandmark → Karl Marx Monument ⓘ

Nischel → refersTo → Karl Marx Monument ⓘ

Brückenstraße → hasProminentFeatureNearby → Karl Marx Monument ⓘ

subject surface form: Brückenstraße (Chemnitz)