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Rotenburg an der Fulda
Lkr. Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Hessen

Marktplatz

Drei Marktfrauen

Three Market Women

On the town's website called "Tratsch der Marktweiber" (Gossipping Market Women)

Ewald Rumpf
2009

Rotenburg an der Fulda / Drei Marktfrauen

Description

Sculpture group of three women, one with her arms at her side, one with her hand at her face and one with basket on her back. A dog is looking in a basket on the street.

Inscription(s)

Drei Marktfrauen
modelliert von
Ewald Rumpf

Gestiftet von
Horst Ebeling
Hannover, posthum

Anno Domini 2009

Annotation

These figures stand at an historic location. Here, the city's markets have been held since time immemorial. The life of the city focused on the marketplace. Her you could here the latest news. On this historical site the latest gossip between farmer's women and local women is presented. The finer lady wearing the Rotenburg costume. The dog smelled probably a fresh sausage in the basket. The market woman with headscarf in typical smock looks with intrest at the two gossiping women.

Sculptor

Ewald Rumpf (Posen 1943), German sculptor from Remsfeld, Hessen (Website).

Sources & Information

Rotenburg an der Fulda, Skulpturenpfad.
Mittleres Fuldatal, Auf bronzenen Spuren durch Rotenburg a. d. Fulda.

Locatie (N 50°59'40" - E 9°43'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs129; Photograph: 7 August 2013
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