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Celle
Lkr. Celle
Niedersachsen

Triftanlagen

Schäfer-Denkmal

Shepherd Monument

Monument for Wilhelm Denicke, mayor of Celle

Gerda Sautter de Hotzen
1955 (1912)

Beschreibung / Description

Fountain with a statue of a shepherd and two sheep, placed on a fountain. Since the statue is placed in 1955 and is made by Gerda Sautter, it is obviously placed on an older fountain basin, which dates from 1912.

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

zum 25 jahr amtsjubiläum des
oberbürgermeisters denicke
9 nov? 1912 der stadt celle gestiftet
von senator albert haacke

Signiert / Signature

b. frida.? (on one of the sheep, belong probably to the original fountain of 1912).

Künstler / Artist

Gerda Sautter de Hotzen (Diepholz 1921 - Celle 2009), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Stadt Celle, Triftanlagen.
Wikimedia, Foto by Bernd Schwabe.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 52°37'17" - E 10°3'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens431; Photograph: 7 August 2016
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