Statue of "Hope"

In 1841, Dr. Wirer had the Statue of "Hope" (Wirer himself chose the name) with a timeless slogan on the pedestal, erected at the (then) upper end of the Esplanade (in the area of today's Café Zauner) as an eye-catcher and vanishing point of the avenue. In 1909, the sculpture was restored and moved to its current location at the beginning of the Esplanade.

On a massive pedestal block (with an inscription from 1909) rises a high pedestal made of (probably) Schwarzensee marble with a not quite life-sized, zinc cast statue of a woman in ancient garb. In her right hand she holds a pen, in her left a sphere, a globe. Originally, the statue may have been bronzed (black-green). On the pedestal, there is an often-quoted saying, which probably comes from Wirer himself because he had a preference for such instructive sayings and wrote many of them himself. It reads: "It is said that the greatest happiness on Earth is to be healthy. I say no! A bigger one is to become healthy. 1841".