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Fritz Beindorff Brunnen - Pelikan Brunnen

Fritz Beindorff Fountain - Pelican Fountain

Essen 1860 - Celle 1944
German industrialist, owner of the former Office products company Pelikan AG.
(Wikipedia)

Ludwig Vierthaler
E. u. H. Haberland (Hannover)
1961

Hannover / Fritz Beindorff Brunnen - Pelikan Brunnen

Description

Two bronze pelikans on a stone base in the center of an octogonal fountain basin.

Inscription(s)

Around the base is the text:
zur ERINNERUNG an SENATOR dr. BEINDORFF
fritz behrens stiftung

Signature

prof. vierthaler
Bronceg. Haberland, Hannover

Sculptor

Ludwig Vierthaler (München 1875 - Hannover 1967), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Eilenriede.
Wikipedia, Liste von Denkmälern in Hannover.
Olaf Hoffmann, Öffentliche Kunst in Hannover.

Locatie (N 52°23'37" - E 9°45'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens121; Photograph: 2 April 2014
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