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Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Mönckebergstraße - Barkhof

Mönckebergbrunnen

Mönckeberg Fountain

Johann Georg Mönckeberg
Hamburg 1839 - Hamburg 1908
since 1890 several time first burgomaster of Hamburg
(Wikipedia)

Georg Wrba & Fritz Schumacher
Dresdener Giesshütte
1926

Description

Sandstone stele with at the top a portrait medaillon of mayor Mönckeberg and on top a bronze lion (reconstruction of 1965 by the sculptor Philipp Harth), referring to Mönckeberg's nickname 'The Lion'. On the front and the sides of the stele are reliefs showing small human figures. The stele is flanked by a man and a woman reclining on a sea lion.

Hamburg - Mönckebergbrunnen

Inscription(s)

gestiftet von
den bürgern
hamburgs.
1914-1926

dem andenken an
bürgermeister
johann georg
mönckeberg

Signature

Guss von Dresdener Giesshütte

Sculptors

Fritz Schumacher (Bremen 1869 - Hamburg 1947), German architect (Wikipedia).
Georg Wrba (München 1872 - Dresden 1939), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 53°33'4" - E 10°0'1") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehh031; Photograph: 5 March 2015
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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