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© 2020, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847110606 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737010603 themonarchat theceremony.42Francis Josephwassatisfied–asusualbuthere thesubjectwashisownwife–bythestatueandsaidtosculptorZlamal:“Already thephotographyofthememorialpleasedmeverymuch;nowIseethemodeland I have to say that I like the realization as well as the figures that give a very powerful effect.” The personality chosen to inaugurate the monument was ArchdukeLeopoldSalvator.43Theinaugurationtookplaceon15October; there was also a delegation sent byKingCarol of Romania. The report of theCzer- nowitzerTagblattshowspicturesoftheunveiling:Elisabethissittingonasortof throne emerging froma rock, her head slightly bent andher hands lay in her lap.44 The ceremony was again a moment of city patriotism combined with dynastic loyalty for every group participated to honor the empress whowas regardedof courseas anon-political figure transcendingall differences.These events were unifying the peoples and they were thus privileged in a city like Czernowitz. Alastexampleofidentificationwiththemonarchywastheerectionofanother monument that tookplace a fewyearsbefore.Amemorialwasplanned to cel- ebrate theAustrianarmybycommemorating the200thanniversaryof thecrea- tionof the Infantry regimentNo.41ArchdukeEugene stationed inCzernowitz since1882.Theso-calledSoldier’smemorial(Kriegerdenkmal)waserectedatthe junctionofSiebenbürgerstrasseandRathausstrasse.Thelayingofthefirststone wasperformedbythearchdukeinpersonon26April1901andtheinauguration tookplace onDecember 2nd tomark thedate of Francis Joseph’s access to the throne.45 It represented an obelisk surmounted by an eagle; the basis bore an inscriptioninGerman,RomanianandRuthenian:“ThegratefulBukovinatothe membersoftheinfantryregimentArchdukeEugeneNr. 41whofellonthefields ofhonor.”46 AnothercrucialelementofthepatriotismofthelandlinkedtoHabsburgrule overBucovinawasundoubtedly the existence of the university. The festivities commemoratingthe25thanniversaryofitscreationin1900weretheoccasionto affirmthe‘civilizing’missionofAustria intheprovinceandtojustify thechoice ofGermanas the languageof theuniversity. Itwas furthermoreanargument in 42 AudienzdesKaiserinElisabeth-DenkmalkomiteesbeimKaiser,CzernowitzerTagblatt2590 (13.10.1911), S. 3–4. 43 Archduke Leopold Salvator (1863–1931) was a member of the Toscana branch of the Habsburg family.HewasGeneral-Artillerieinspektorof thek.u.k.Army. 44 CzernowitzerTagblatt 2593(17.10.1911), S. 1. 45 BukowinaerPost1355(23.09.1902), S. 9. 46 Themonumentwas takendownin1949.Thepedestal survivedandwasbroughtbackto its historic location in the1990s. SeeURL:<http://www.lvivcenter.org/en/uid/picture/?pictur eid=3807> (last accessSeptember14,2015). ImperialChallenges inAustro-HungarianMulticulturalCities 289