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Schwerin
Stadt Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburgstraße

Heinrich von Stephan

Stolp, Pommern 1831 - Berlin 1897
general post director for the German Empire; reorganized the German postal service; founder of the Universal Postal Union in 1874, and in 1877 he introduced the telephone to Germany
(Wikipedia)

Wilhelm Wandschneider
1898

Description

Sculpture of a terrestrial globe on a granite pedestal with a relief portrait oof Heinrich von Stephan.

Schwerin - Heinrich von Stephan

Inscription(s)

HEINRICH von STEPHAN
dem begründer
des weltpostvereins
seine dankbare verehrer
in mecklenburg.

ziel erkannt
kraft gespannt
pflicht getan
herz obenan.

Signature

h. struve, architect
w. wandschneider, bildhauer.

Sculptor

Wilhelm Wandschneider (Plau am See 1866 - Plau am See 1942), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Denkmäler, Brunnen und Skulpturen in Schwerin.

Locatie (N 53°37'47" - E 11°24'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: demv178; Photograph: 5 August 2016
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