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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Wallstraße 3
(Ständehaus)

Herzöge von Mecklenburg

Dukes of Mecklenburg

Ludwig Brunow & Oskar Rassau
1891

Description

Four bronze statues of Dukes of Mecklenburg on the front fa7#231;ade of the Ständehaus, built beween 1889 and 1893 commissioned by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III and the Mecklenburg chivalry after designs of Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel as administrative and judicial seat of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Güstrow.

Rostock - Herzöge von Mecklenburg
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Johann Albrecht I Herzog zu Meklenburg - John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg [-Güstrow] / Johann Albrecht II., Herzog zu Mecklenburg (Waren 1590 - Güstrow 1636), Duke of Mecklenburg, 1608-1636 (Wikipedia) (sculpted by Brunow).
Friedrich Franz II Großherzog zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin / Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Ludwigslust 1823 - Schwerin 1883), Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, 1842-1883 (Wikipedia) (sculpted by Brunow).
Georg Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz / George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Hannover 1779 - Carpin 1860), Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, 1816-1860 (Wikipedia) (sculpted by Rassau).
Christian Ludwig II. Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin / Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Grabow 1683 - Schwerin 1756), Duke of Mecklenburg 1728-1756 (Wikipedia) (sculpted by Rassau).

Sculptors

Ludwig Brunow (Lutheran 1843 - Berlin-Schöneberg 1913), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Oskar Rassau (Schulenburg 1843 - Dresden 1912), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Denkmäler, Brunnen und Skulpturen in Rostock.
Wikipedia, Oberlandesgericht Rostock.

Locatie (N 54°5'11" - E 12°8'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: demv122; Photograph: 4 August 2016
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