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Sachsenhausen
(Stadt Waldeck)
Lkr. Waldeck-Frankenberg
Hessen

Korbacher straße

Wolrad Kreusler

Arolsen 1817 - Brandenburg an der Havel 1901
German physician and poet, wrote the patriottic song König Wilhelm saß ganz heiter
(Wikipedia)

Hans Dietzsch-Sachsenhausen
1911

Description

Bronze eagle with coat of arms of Waldeck-Pyrmont on a stone pedestal with on the front face a bronze portrait of Wolrad Kreusler. Under the eagle the years 1870-71, under the portrait 1911

Inscription(s)

KREUSLER

Dem Dichter des Liedes
"König Wilhelm sass ganz heiter"
zum ehrenden Gedächtnis

On the other faces the names of "die mitkämpfer 1870-71 aus sachsenhausen" (among them Kreusler's son) and "die mitkämpfer 1870-71 aus o. werbe - alraft - n.werbe"

Signature

(eagle) h.h. dietzsch

Memorial - list of names

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Sculptor

Hans Hubert Dietzsch, also Hans Dietzsch-Sachsenhausen (Sachsenhausen 1880 - Berlin 1926), German sculptor from Sachsenhausen (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 51°14'40" - E 9°0'21") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs088; Photograph: 14 September 2012
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