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Fassadenreliefs der Volksbank

Reliefs on the Façade of the Volksbank

August Abbehusen & Otto Blendermann
1908

Oldenburg / Fassadenreliefs der Volksbank

Description

At the top of the façade is a large relief, with in the center a woman with the coats of arms of Bremen and the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, flanked by representation of the economic activitlies of the region: INDUSTRIE and the the left SCHIFFAHRT.

Oldenburg - Fassadenreliefs der Volksbank

On the upper part of the façade are four reliefs show the production of coins.

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PRÜFEN - examining.
WAGEN - weighing.
SCHMELZEN - melting.
PRÄGEN - minting.

Flanking the entrance are two reliefs illustrating saving:

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SAEN - sowing.
ERNTEN - harvesting.

Oldenburg - Fassadenreliefs der Volksbank

Sculptors

August Abbehusen (Bremen 1875 - Bremen 1941), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Otto Blendermann (Bremen 1879 - Bremen 1944), German sculptor, partner of Büro Abbehusen und Blendermann (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Stadt Oldenburg, InternetStadtplan (Kunst im öffentl. Raum).
Übermorgenstadt Oldenburg, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum.

Locatie (N 53°8'33" - E 8°12'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens293; Photograph: 8 March 2015
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