Count Karl von Alten (1764–1840)

General-von-Alten-Denkmal IMG

Count Karl von Alten (1764–1840) was a general and a statesman, and he led the King's German Legion of the British-Hanoverian kingdom into battle against Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821).

Heinrich Kümmel (1810–1855), General von Alten monument in Waterlooplatz in Hanover, undated bronze sculpture, colour photograph, 2007, photographer: AxelHH; image source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_von_Alten_Denkmal.jpg?, Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons License Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE Deed), http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.