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Welfengarten
(Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität)

Herrscher der Welfendynastie

Rulers of the House of Guelph

Various sculptors
c. 1862

Description

The construction of the Guelph Palace started in the 1860s in the Kingdom of Hanover under George V as summer residence for the royal family. As a memory to the tradition of Guelph a series of statues of the eight major rulers was added to the facades. When it was finished, Hannover had became part of the Prussian kingdom and the building was used as Polytechnical School, presently the University of Hannover.

Four statues on the south side
1. Heinrich der Löwe / Henry the Lion (c. 1129/30 or 1133/35 – Braunschweig 1195), member of the Guelph dynasty, Duke of Saxony, he had Hannover enlarged and fortified (Wikipedia).
  Sculpted by Wilhelm Engelhard.
2. Ernst I. der Bekenner / Ernest the Confessor (Uelzen 1497 - 1546), duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Wikipedia).
  Sculpted by Wilhelm Engelhard.
3. Ernst August, Kurfürst von Hannover / Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Herzberg am Harz 1629 - Herrenhausen 1698), duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Principality of Calenberg (with its capital Hanover) subdivision of the duchy. He was appointed prince-elector, but died before the appointment became effective (Wikipedia).
  Sculpted by Wilhelm Engelhard.
4. Ernst August I., König von Hannover (London 1771 - Hannover 1851), became in 1837 King of Hanover when his niece, Victoria, became Queen of the United Kingdom, ending the personal union between Britain and Hanover that had existed since 1714 (Wikipedia).
  Sculpted by Wilhelm Engelhard.
  
  Heinrich der Löwe
  Ernst I. der Bekenner
  Ernst August, Kurfürst von Hannover
  Ernst August I., König von Hannover
Four statues on the north side
1. Otto I. das Kind / Otto the Child (1204 - Lüneburg 1252), first duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 until his death (Wikipedia).
  Sculpted by Georg Hurtzig
2. Kaiser Otto IV. / Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (Braunschweig? 1175 - Harzburg 1218), King of Germany from 1198/1208 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until he was forced to abdicate in 1215 (Wikipedia).
  Sculpted by Georg Hurtzig
3. Georg, Herzog von Braunschweig und Lüneburg, Fürst von Calenberg (Celle 1582 - Hildesheim 1641), the first duke to move his residence to Hanover where he laid the foundation for the Leineschloss (Wikipedia).
  Sculpted by Carl Dopmeyer
4. George I of Great Britain (1660-1727), King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) from 1698 (Wikipedia).
  Sculpted by Carl Rangenier.
  
  Otto I. das Kind
  Kaiser Otto IV.
  Georg, Herzog von Braunschweig und Lüneburg, Fürst von Calenberg
  George I of Great Britain

Annotation

The castle Welfenschloss in Hanover is now used by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover.

Sculptors

Carl Dopmeyer (Springe 1824 - Hannover 1899), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Wilhelm Engelhard or Engelhardt (Grünhagen bei Bienenbüttel 1813 - Hannover 1902), German sculptor and painter (Wikipedia).
Georg Hurtzig (Hannover 1812 - Hannover 1865), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Carl (Karl) Rangenier (Bemerode, Hannover 1829 - Bautzen 1895), German sculptress (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Marieanne von König, Herrenhausen: die Königlichen Gärten in Hannover, 2006 (Google Books).

Locatie (N 52°22'57" - E 9°43'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens167; Photograph: 3 April 2014
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