Schillerplatz

In 1859, on the occasion of its 100th birthday, what had been known as Friedrichsplatz was renamed Schillerplatz. The idea was to honour this major German poet appropriately in the city where Nassau's ruler resided. But the city had its difficulties with this Classic poet. Soon thereafter the Lime tree planted on Schillerplatz had to be moved to Warmer Damm because it was an obstruction to traffic. In 1866, as a compensation, a monument was raised to Schiller in front of the former theatre, today known as Kaiser-Friedrich-Platz. In 1894, the lime tree at Warmer Damm was again dug up to make way for the Kaiser-Wilhelm monument, and in 1897, the Schiller monument itself had to be moved in 1897 from its pedestal to make way for the Kaiser-Friedrich monument. In 1905, on the 100th anniversary of Schiller's death, the period in Wiesbaden without a Schiller monument finally came to an end with the dedication of the monument now standing on the park side of the theatre.

In 1866, Schillerplatz was the setting of an historical moment when King Wilhelm's proclamation announcing the Prussian take-over of Nassau was read aloud.