Statues - Hither & Thither

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Bünde
Lkr. Herford
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Bahnhofstraße
(Rathausvorplatz)

Bünder Zigarrenbarone

Bünde Cigar Barons

August Steinmeister
Eslohe 1820 - Bünde 1874
Tönnies Wellensiek
Muccum, Bünde 1821 - Bünde 1903
Founders of the cigar factory Steinmeister & Wellensiek in Bünde (1856)

Peter Klassen
1990

Description

Statues of August Steinmeister and Tönnies Wellensiek, both smoking a cigar and with a handcart loaded with tobacco. Wellensiek stands with one leg on the cart, Steinmeister stands in front of it.

Bünde - Bünder Zigarrenbarone

Signature

Peter Klassen 1990

Sculptor

Peter Klassen (Holthausen 1935 - Guingamp 2008), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Fahr im Kreis Herford, Steinmeister- und Wellensiek-Denkmal.
Fahr im Kreis Herford, Denkmãler im Kreis Herford, (PDF online).

Locatie (N 52°11'50" - E 8°34'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw1129; Photograph: 30 July 2024
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