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Johann Albert Gottlieb Methfessel

Stadtilm 1785 - Heckenbeck 1869
German composer and conductor
(Wikipedia)

Hermann Siedentop
1898

Braunschweig / Johann Albert Gottlieb Methfessel

Beschreibung / Description

Plaster commemorative plaque with portrait and text "Hier wohnte METHFESSEL" (Here lived Methfessel).

Informationsschild / Information Sign

in diesem 1806
errichteten haus
wohnte zeitweise
der von 1832 bis 1896* in
braunschweig wirkende
komponist u. hofkapell-
meister johann albert
gottlieb methfessel

In this house,
which was built in 1806
lived for a time
the composer and court
conductor Johann Albert
Gottlieb Methfessel,
who worked in Braunschweig
from 1832 to 1869,

* = 1869

Künstler*in / Artist

Hermann Siedentop (Braunschweig 1864 - Braunschweig 1943), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Denkmale und Standbilder der Stadt Braunschweig.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 52°15'42" - E 10°31'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens624; Photograph: 29 July 2024
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