Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

1 Niklot

2 Gunzelin I von Hagen

3 Heinrich I, Graf von Schwerin

4 Albrecht II., Herzog zu Mecklenburg

5 Magnus II., Herzog zu Mecklenburg

1. Equestrian statue: niklot 1160: Niklot (c. 1100-1160), a pagan chief or prince of the Slavic Obotrites and an ancestor of the House of Mecklenburg (Wikipedia).

   Niche statues, upper level:

2. graf gunzelin i 1166-1187: Gunzelin I von Hagen (1125/30-1185), first count of Schwerin after the conquest of the Obotrite country by Henry the Lion. (Wikipedia).
3. graf heinrich i 1187-1228: Heinrich I, Graf von Schwerin / Henry I, Count of Schwerin (c. 1155-1228), count of Schwerin (Wikipedia).

   Niche statues, lower level (captions unvisible because of a balustrade).

4. Albrecht II., Herzog zu Mecklenburg / Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1318-1379), Prince (or Lord) of Mecklenburg (1329), and later the first Duke of Mecklenburg (1347) (Wikipedia).
5. Magnus II., Herzog zu Mecklenburg / Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1441-1503), Duke of Mecklenburg, 1477-1503 (Wikipedia).

Sculptor

• Christian Genschow (Rostock 1814 - Groß-Lichterfelde 1891), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Liste der Denkmäler, Brunnen und Skulpturen in Schwerin.
• Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Tags

Locatie (N 53°37'29" - E 11°25'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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