- CountryGermany
- Town:Altötting
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Year of creation:2005
- Rider(s):Tserclaes, Johann
Count of Tilly ( 1559 – 1632) was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League’s forces in the Thirty Years’ War. From 1620–31, he had an unmatched and demoralizing string of important victories against the Protestants. He destroyed a Danish army at Lutter and sacked the Protestant city of Magdeburg, which caused the death of some 20,000 of the city’s inhabitants, both defenders and non-combatants, out of a total population of 25,000.
Tilly was then crushed at Breitenfeld in 1631 by the Swedish army of King Gustavus Adolphus.
- Sculptor(s):Osterrieder, Sebastian
(1864 – 1934) was a German sculptor. .
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The statue, created already before WW I by Osterrieder, was erected only in 2005, due to the (still) much disputed role of the rider during the Thirty years’ war, specifically in connection with the Magedeburg massacre.
The statue stands in front of the chapel where Johann Tserclaes lies buried.
