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E.T.A. HoffmannErnst Theodor Wilhelm HoffmannKönigsberg, Ostpreußen 1776 - Berlin 1822 German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. (Wikipedia) |
Carin Kreuzberg
1978 |
Sandstone ust of E.T.A. Hoffmann with one arm, which is stretched out and carrying on his hand a crowned snake, which slides down from the shoulder. The serpent alludes to Hoffmann's surrealistic, fantastic stories of Hoffmann. The bust is a whole with the base which is surrounded by naked sitting figures of children.
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The sculpture was created in 1978 has stood near the Karl Liebknecht Bridge. After being damaged by vandalism in 1990, it was reconstructed and re-erected at a nearby location. After renewed vandalism in 2009, it was placed in the foyer of the town hall of the Bezirk Mitte on the Karl-Marx-Allee 31. Now it stands in the courtyard of the café of the library, and can be visited during opening hours.
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E.T.A. Hoffmann Carin Kreuzberg Sandstein 1978 Der Dichter mit der gekrönten Schlange Serpentina aus dem Märchen „Der goldene Topfʺ Restauriert durch das Bezirksamt Mitte von Berlin im Jahr 2013 |
E.T.A. Hoffmann Carin Kreuzberg, sandstone, 1978 The poet with the crowned serpent Serpentina from the fairy tale "The Pot of Gold" Restored by the district office Mitte of Berlin in 2013 |
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