Talk:Monument to the Battle of the Nations

need a better pic
Can someone take a picture with people in? It's impossible to gauge the size of it.


 * There are many persons visible on the picture - they are just 50 times smaller than the monument! --Matthead 01:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I took a picture of the Leipziger Badewannenrennen, last summer. I could upload it later. There are boats on the lake and a lot of people around it. Maybe later the day... — N-true 18:19, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Placards and Such
I know it is POV, but perhaps something should be mentioned about the unapologetically manipulative world view/POV-pushing that stands out on the displays within the monument itself. See for yourself: One reads: ''"If the monument collapses, it could itself become an indication for peace and the transcience of war." (Quote from SPD Representative)'' Fortunately, this article is fine - it does not feel the need to forcefeed ideology to its guests like these ultraliberal internationalist propagandists.--Hohns3 18:21, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

caption under image
actually, this figure is not a "proud germanic knight" but St. Michael, patron saint of chrisitan soldiers styled as a knight. Don't know if this should be mentioned... Zemlod 12:17, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

He's also patron saint of the german people, by the way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.75.90.134 (talk) 07:32, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

concrete
I modified this sentence in the article: "It was one of the first major structures to make extensive use of concrete, although the facings are of granite." Although this is consistent with information found on the website relating to the restoration, this statement is dubious. Concrete has been around for a long time. --Lockley 06:28, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

It also later suggests concrete, a famously ancient building material was "relatively new at the time". My hunch is that they are referring to steel-reinforced concrete, but without the cited sources at hand it's hard to know. I suggest this page be flagged.

94.101.40.4 (talk) 21:14, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I took that from Poser's book. Maybe this is a case of lost in translation, since the book is translated from German into English. Will check up on that. Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:49, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 14:52, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Völkerschlachtdenkmal → Monument to the Battle of the Nations — The English name for this memorial. Battle of the Nations Monument, Battle of the Nations Memorial and Monument of the Battle of the Nations are also used and would be equally as acceptable. —Labattblueboy (talk) 20:55, 19 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Support WP:UE. An English name exists, we ought to use it. — V = I * R (talk to Ohms law) 05:56, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. The museum organization that operates the monument calls it Monument to the Battle of the Nations.  Variations of the name exist, and I'm not sure if one is official or not, so i'd recommend this museums' spelling. —fudoreaper (talk) 03:02, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
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"Tallest monument in Europe" ??
Doesn´t the Motherland Monument in Kiev (102 m) or the Spike of Dublin (120 m) count? (as always wikipedia is NOT to be trusted) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.216.206.4 (talk) 08:31, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Mother Motherland, Kiev
 * Spire of Dublin
 * We say that both are taller, and both seem to be monuments.  I've added a fact tag to the sentence in the article, but it looks like anonymous has pointed out a legitimate problem with the article. —fudoreaper (talk) 05:08, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Wilhelmine architecture
"The monument is widely regarded as one of the best examples of Wilhelmine architecture." I would like to discuss this sentence. Unfortunately there is no source. I understand that the historic period is meant with "Wilhemine". But its a problem to characterize a building with this term because there wasn't just one style in architecture during time of the Kaiserreich. Actually Wilhelm II. did not like the Völkerschlachtdenkmal because it glorifys the sacrifice of people not a dynasty. It is built in Jugendstil with some references to Reformstil but not in a historistic style which was prefered for official buildings up to the end of the Kaiserreich while it was already quite unpopular among many architects. --Ickerbocker (talk) 16:31, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

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