Statue of Alfred Escher
The statue standing atop the memorial | |
| Location | Bahnhofplatz, Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Coordinates | 47°22′38″N 8°32′24″E / 47.37713°N 8.53996°E |
| Designer | Richard Kissling |
| Type | Statue |
| Material | Bronze (statue) and granite (base) |
| Opening date | 1889 |
| Dedicated to | Alfred Escher |
The Statue of Alfred Escher is located in the city centre of Zurich, Switzerland. It stands in Bahnhofplatz, in front of the southern entrance of the main building of Central Station (Hauptbahnhof or HB, completed in 1871) and at the northern end of Bahnhofstrasse, the city's shopping avenue. The statue, which is made of bronze, was designed by Richard Kissling (1848–1919) and was erected in 1889. Alfred Escher (1819–1882) was a Zurich-born business magnate, banker, railway pioneer and politician.
The statue stands atop a granite memorial fountain with a small garden on its eastern side and two tram stops of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund transport network on its western side. The water from the statue's base forms an additional fountain in the underground level below the square, now a shopping centre named ShopVille.