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Herford
(Stadt Herford)
Lkr. Herford
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Jahnstraße

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

(Lanz, Brandenburg 1778 - Freyburg, Unstrut 1852)
German gymnastics educator and nationalist, commonly known as "Turnvater Jahn"
(Wikipedia)

Alfred Reichel
Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer
1955

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

FRIEDRICH LUDWIG JAHN
1852 1952

Signature

A. REICHEL fec.
geg. Lauchhammer

Annotation

Originally there was a monument with a bronze plaque made in 1907 by Heinrich Wefing. This plaque was molten in 1942. In the 1950s a new monument was erected, for which a bust was used, which originated from a monument in the east part of Germany, was taken down for melding but somehow escaped that fate and was found again in Herford.

Sculptor

Alfred Reichel (1856-1928), German sculptor.

Sources & Information

Herford, Stadtführung, Denkmale.

Locatie (N 52°7'1" - E 8°40'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw307; Photograph: 4 April 2014
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