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Kärntner Volksabstimmungsdenkmal

Carinthian-Plebiscite-memorial

Monument commemorating the referendum of 1920, when the Carinthian choose to belong to Austria

Jos Pirkner
2000

Klagenfurt / Kärntner Volksabstimmungsdenkmal

Description

Bronze globe (representing the Earth), which is open in the middle and showing some persons. The ball hangs revolvable in a triangular frame, with on the sides twice the word selbstbestimmung and at the front three relief portraits of:

Woodrow Wilson 1846-1924: Thomas Woodrow Wilson (Staunton, Virginia, 1856 - Washington, D.C., 1924), 28th President of the United States (1913-1921) (Wikipedia).
archibald cary coolidge 1866-1928: Archibald Cary Coolidge (Boston, Mass., 1866 - Boston, Mass., 1928), Professor of History at Harvard College and the first Director of the Harvard University Library; member of the United States Foreign Service, in 1919 head of the so-called Coolidge Mission, which was 'appointed by the American Delegation on 27 December and set up headquarters in Vienna' (Wikipedia).
sherman miles 1882-1966: Sherman Miles (1882 - 1966), General of the U.S. Army, field member of the Coolidge Mission (Wikipedia).

Klagenfurt - Kärntner Volksabstimmungsdenkmal

Sculptor

Jos Pirkner (Sillian, Osttirol, 1927), Austrian sculptor, worked from 1951-1978 in Utrecht, then in Tristach bei Lienz (Tirol) (Wikipedia – RKDArtists – Website).

Sources & Information

Land Kärnten, 28 Jan. 2013, Die Weltkugel am Wilson-Denkmal dreht sich wieder.

Locatie (N 46°37'16" - E 14°18'40") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atka025; Photograph: 12 September 2016
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