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Reiter und Hornbläser am Grossmünster

Horseman and Hornblower at the Grossmünster

13th century

Zürich / Reiter und Hornbläser am Grossmünster

Description

Horn Player and Horse, Front façade, At half height of the window two sculptures, a left curly horn player with shouldered stick, right out of the wall trespassing horse. The present relief is a 'free reconstruction' of the 1930s.
Rider, North façade of the north tower: a horse and rider; this relief should be the oldest rider representation north of the Alps. The figure is from around 1180 and could be a sign of dominance of the city overlord Berchtold IV von Zähringen, pointed to the neighboring Palatinate.

Zürich - Reiter und Hornbläser am Grossmünster

Sources & Information

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 29 Dec. 2007 Das Rätsel des Hornbläsers am Zürcher Grossmünster.
Adolf Reinle, 'Der Reiter am Zürcher Grossmünster', Zeitschrift für schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 26 (1969) 1, pp. 1-46 PDF on-line)

Location (N 47°22'12" - E 8°32'37") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chzh010; Photograph: 2 October 2014
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