Karl-Marx Monument photogrammetry scan at Chemnitz (videogrammetry and crowdsourced photos) The Karl Marx Monument (German: Karl-Marx-Monument) is a 7.10m (23.29ft)-tall stylized head of Karl Marx in Chemnitz, Germany. The heavy-duty sculpture, together with the base platform, stand over 13 meters (42 feet) tall and weights approximately 40 tonnes. On a wall just behind the monument, the phrase “Workers of the world, unite!” (from the Communist Manifesto) is inscripted in four languages: German, English, French and Russian.
It is the most famous monument in the inner city of Chemnitz and the second-largest bust in the world[citation needed], after the 60 cm higher Lenin’s head in Ulan-Ude, Russia. There is a well known local nickname for the monument: “Nischel”, which is derived from the Central German term for head or skull. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx_Monument
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