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Sachsenherzog Widukind

Saxon Duke Widukind

Widukind or Wittekind, Germanic leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785
(Wikipedia)

Volker Neuhoff
1991

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze statue of Widukind with sword and shield.
Together with the statue of Charlemagne are placed at the occasion of the 550th anniversary of the St. Martin Church.

Signiert / Signature

VN 1991

Nienburg/Weser - Sachsenherzog Widukind

Künstler*in / Artist

Volker Neuhoff, German sculptor from Nienburg.

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Nienburg/Weser.
Landschaftsverband Weser-Hunte e.V., Skulpturen und Objekte im öffentlichen Raum in den Landkreisen Diepholz und Nienburg/Weser, 2011 (PDF on-line).

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 52°38'18" - E 9°12'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens448; Photograph: 8 August 2016
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