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Hagentorwall 16-17, Seite Klosterstraße
(Gymnasium Andreanum)

Statuen am Tor des Andreanums in der Klosterstraße

Statues at the gate of the Andreanum in Klosterstraße

artist unknown & Georg Fürstenberg
1724 and c. 1962

Hildesheim / Statuen am Tor des Andreanums in der Klosterstraße

Description

In niches on the inside and outside of the gate are a total of six statues. The gate belonged to St. Michael's convent, and was built in 1724. Only the three statues at the inner side are the originals from 1724. Those on the outer side - St. Mary, St. Benedict and archangel Michael were destroyed, and replaced with modern statues by Georg Fürstenberg, probably from c. 1962 when the school was built.

Inside, baroque statues

Hildesheim - Statuen am Tor des Andreanums in der Klosterstraße
Erzengel Gabriel / Archangel Gabriel.
St. Scholastica (c. 480 - 547)
twin sister of St. Benedict of Nursia.
Erzengel Raphael / Archangel Raphael.

Outside, modern allegorical statues

Hildesheim - Statuen am Tor des Andreanums in der Klosterstraße
Kunst / Art
Wissenschaft / Science
Sport

Sculptors

Georg Fürstenberg (1884 - 1974), German sculptor from Frankfurt an der Oder, later Goslar.
Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Gerhard Lutz, Die Michaeliskirche in Hildesheim (Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2010), p. 73-74 (PDF available at Academia.edu).
Michaelis-Quartier, Quartierspaziergang Michaelisviertel (PDF online).

Locatie (N 52°9'11" - E 9°56'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens516; Photograph: 29 August 2022
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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