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Konrad Adenauer

Köln 1876 - Bad Honnef 1967
German statesman; first post-war Chancellor of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 to 1963
(Wikipedia)

Hans Wimmer & Gerd Weiland
1995

Description

Statue of Adenauer in a very large coat and with a hat in his hand.

Inscription(s)

konrad adenauer
1876-1967

oberbürgermeister von
köln 1917-1933 und 1945
präsident d. preussischen
staatsrates 1921-1933

komitee zur errichtung
des adenauerdenkmals
am neumarkt
gottfried wolff · kon-
rad adenauer · henrik
hanstein 1995

bundeskanzler 1949-1963

Signature

wimmer
weiland

Annotation

The commission for the statue was given to Hans Wimmer, who died before the statue was finished. His student Weiland finished the statue.

Sculptors

Gerd Weiland (Neustadt an der Weinstraße 1945), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Hans Wimmer (Pfarrkirchen 1907-München 1992), German sculptor (Wikipedia - Website).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Konrad-Adenauer-Denkmal (Köln).
Denkmalplatz, Köln.

Locatie (N 50°56'18" - E 6°56'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw485; Photograph: 14 May 2016
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