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Ingelheim am Rhein
Lkr. Mainz-Bingen
Rheinland-Pfalz

Mainzer straße

Sebastian Münster

Ingelheim 1488 - Basel 1552
German cartographer, cosmographer, and a Hebrew scholar. His Cosmographia (1544, was the earliest German description of the world
(Wikipedia)

Karlheinz Oswald
1988

Description

Bronze statue on a baseplate with the parallel and meridian, "Geographische Länge 8°3,5' " and "Geographische Breite 49°58,5' "

Inscription(s)

Sebastian Münster
Hebraist und Kosmograph
1488 - 1552

Karlheinz Oswald, Mainz
Januar 1988

Signed: k. oswald / 1988

Sculptor

Karlheinz Oswald (Worms 1958), German sculptor in Mainz (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 49°58'33" - E 8°3'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: derp209; Photograph: 1 October 2012
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