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Die Bugwellen von Bremerhaven

The Bow Waves of Bremerhaven

Norbert Marten
Harms Guß (Oldenburg)
2002

Bremerhaven / Die Bugwellen von Bremerhaven

Description

Ship's prow with female figurehead and two laterally offset bow waves, over which water is flowing (if the fountain is switched on). Its rear side gives an insight into a ship's hull with reduced modeled rope and boat materials. Before the fountain is a ton, a floating navigation mark, which was cast in accordance with the key tonne from the year 1664.

Inscription(s)

„Die Bugwellen
von Bremerhavenʺ

Künstler: Norbert Marten, Westerstede
Guss: Harms Kunstguss; Oldenburg
2002

Sculptor

Norbert Marten (Lingen 1953), German sculptor in Westerstede (Website).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Denkmäler und Skulpturen in Bremerhaven.
Wikipedia, Bugwelle von Bremerhaven.

Locatie (N 53°32'29" - E 8°34'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehb019; Photograph: 16 April 2016
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