Statue of Friedrich Schiller (Columbus, Ohio)

A statue of Friedrich Schiller by Max von Widnmann stands in Schiller Park, in Columbus, Ohio's German Village, in the United States.

[1] The bronze sculpture is a second cast of the original designed by Widnmann, completed in 1863 and installed in Maximiliansplatz, Munich.

The Columbus sculpture was completed in Germany in 1891,[2] transported across the Atlantic Ocean, and erected by the German-Americans of Columbus on July 4.

[4] In 2012, Friends of Schiller Park funded the installation of lights to illuminate the monument.

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