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Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Maria-Louisenstraße 114
(Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums)

Johannes Bugenhagen

Wollin 1485 - Wittenberg 1558
also called Doctor Pomeranus by Martin Luther, introduced the Protestant Reformation in the Duchy of Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century
(Wikipedia)

Engelbert Joseph Peiffer
1885

Description

Stone statue with a document with the new church order ('Kirchenordnung', 1528/29) in his hands.

Inscription(s)

anno mdcccxxxv
die junii xxiv
natali quadringentesimo

JOHANNES
BUGENHAGEN

scholae johanneae
conditori
cives hamburgenses

Signature

e. peiffer

Hamburg - Johannes Bugenhagen

Sculptor

Engelbert Joseph Peiffer (Köln 1830 - Hamburg 1896), German sculptor (Wikipedia). His bust is on the Hamburg Town Hall (see here).

Sources & Information

Denkmal Hamburg, Denkmäler in Hamburg.

Locatie (N 53°35'22" - E 10°0'21") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehh044; Photograph: 6 March 2015
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