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Rosenow
(Gem. Lützow)
Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Rosenower Fichten

Theodor-Körner-Obelisk

Theodor-Körner
Dresden 1791 - near Gadebusch in Mecklenburg 1813
German poet and soldier
(Wikipedia)

Wilhelm Wandschneider
1850/1913

Beschreibung / Description

Obelisk from 1850 with a relief portrait added at the 100th anniversary of Körner's death in 1913; and the name Theodor Körner 1791-1813.

The obelisk was built after 1850 on the alleged site, where the poet Theodor Körner and other notably known members of the Lützow Free Corps and twelve French soldiers were killed in a fight. On the left of the obelisk is a quotation of Körner's poem 'Ahnungsgrauend (Bundeslied vor der Schlacht)' from Leyer und Schwert (1814)(full text).

Rosenow - Theodor-Körner-Obelisk

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

Hier fiel
Karl Theodor Kör
ner, ein deutscher
Mann,
am 26. August
1813

Gewidmet
von
Karl Greiffenhag
en
auf
Rosenhagen
1850

[Relief of a Lyra
and a sword]

Wachse du Freiheit der
Deutsche Eichen wach
se empor über unsere
Leichen. Vaterland höre
den Heiligen Eid

Rosenow - Theodor-Körner-Obelisk

Künstler*in / Artist

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

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Stadt Gadebusch, Theodor-Körner-Obelisk in Rosenow.
Wikipedia, Rosenow (Lützow).

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 53°40'5" - E 11°11'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: demv249; Photograph: 6 August 2016
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