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Denkmal für das Grenadierregiment Königin Olga

Memorial to the Grenadier Regiment Queen Olga

Fritz von Graevenitz
1923

Stuttgart / Denkmal für das Grenadierregiment Königin Olga

Beschreibung / Description

Limestone statue of a lying lion.

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

DEM GRENADIERREGIMENT KöNIGIN OLGA

1673 - 1918
o du der geisterkräfte gewaltigste
du löwenstolze liebe des vaterlands

Hölderlin

Signed: FvG 1923

Anmerkung / Annotation

The lion symbolizes the Duchy of Swabia. The quote of from the poem Männerjubel by Friedrich Hölderlin (1784-1843) (Full text in Textlog).

Künstler*in / Artist

Fritz von Graevenitz (Stuttgart 1892 - Gerlingen 1959), German sculptor, painter and teacher (Wikipedia - Stiftung Fritz von Graevenitz).

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 48°47'2" - E 9°11'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw112; Photograph: 18 April 2012
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