Yes to the Bismarck monument-Bautzener Bote

In the past few days, the media has been reported several times in the media about the possible re-establishment of the Bismarck monument on the CzorneBoh.

The expressions of opinion, often reproduced by the only local daily newspaper, have so far been very one -sided.Left-green city councils from Bautzen, the tenant of the Czorneboh restaurant, but also representatives of the Sorbs spoke out against the monument.For example, the chairman of the Domovina, Dawid Statnik, demanded a monument for the Sorbian GDR culture official Jurij Brězan instead of the Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.

On the part of the Sorbian Institute, the monument "as a cult and memorial location for right-wing extremists, Reichsbürger and other tenants" was brought into conversation.

It is amazing that people who are otherwise constantly committed to diversity, democracy, equality and the division of society are so massive against a monument.

Bismarck monuments certainly provide discussions from today's perspective.But they are part of German history.And for many citizens, they also reflect the pride of Germany's world reclamation in science, industry and social policy, its military strength and exemplary administration again.

So wouldn't it have been more sensible to first look for contact and the conversation with the supporters and supporters of the monument?

After all, the restoration of the Bismarck monument on the Czorneboh should be paid privately and do not cause any costs for the city treasury.

A look at the Internet shows how many Bismarck monuments are available across Germany and which have been renovated again after 1990.So currently in the SPD-ruled city state Hamburg.Since the beginning of last year, the 34 meter high monument in the old Elbpark over the port of Hamburg has been renovated for around nine million euros.Most of the money comes from the federal government.

But monuments of the former Chancellor were also successfully renovated in Central Germany.For example in 2017 in Markranstädt.

Before individual groups and people think they have to take a position against the Bismarck monument in the name of all citizens of Bautzen, one should take the idea in fact-oriented.Why not renovate the lookout tower from the Czorneboh?

A good example of this is the renovation of the Bismarck column in Dresden.In 2003 the Bismarckturm Dresden E.V.founded.Seven students from the TU Dresden, primarily from the architecture course, had set themselves the common goal of making the tower accessible again.After the extensive renovation, the lookout tower has been a tourist attraction since 2006. Warum nicht also auf dem Czorneboh das Bismarck-Denkmal inVerbindung mit dem Aussichtsturm nutzen, um die schöne Aussicht publikumswirksam unter den zahlreichen Ausflugszielen in und um Bautzen zu nutzen?