The bronze figure of the Prince of Orange, governor of Holland and liberator of the Netherlands (1533-1584), was presented to Wiesbaden by Kaiser Wilhelm II and is a cast of a statue by the Berlin sculptor Walter Schott that was erected in front of the Berlin Palace in 1906.

The statue stands on a simple neoclassical pedestal and shows the youthful prince in idealized form in Spanish costume. The prince is wearing a breastplate, beret and short cloak, his right hand resting on the sword in his left. The inscription on the pedestal reads: "WILHELM I./PRINCE OF ORANIA. COUNT OF NASSAU / CALLED THE SWEIGER / FOUNDER OF LOWER LAND INDEPENDENCE / HE FIELDS FOR HIS EVANGELIC FAITH / 1533-1584/SAEVIS TRANQUILLIS IN UNDIS" ("Calm in the midst of the raging waves").

After lengthy discussions, the monument was ceremoniously inaugurated on May 15, 1908 in the presence of Wilhelm II on the square in front of Wiesbaden's main church. The original Berlin monument was destroyed during the Second World War.