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Peter Rosegger - 'Als ich Christtagsfreude holen ging'

Peter Rosegger - 'When I went to fetch Christmas joy'

Peter Rosegger (actually Roßegger)
Alpl, Steiermark 1843 - Krieglach 1918
Austrian writer and poet from the province of Styria. He was a son of a farmer and grew up in the forests and fields
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
before 2009

Langenwang / Peter Rosegger - 'Als ich Christtagsfreude holen ging'

Description

Wooden statue of Peter Rosegger as a boy sitting on a tree trunk. It illustrates one of Rosegger's tales. On Christmas Eve 1855 the 12-year old Peter Rosegger was sent to Langenwang to collect money for the delivered wood and then to buy the food for the Christmas meal.

The statue is on a Flickrhive photo taken 31 October 2009.

Inscription(s)

Als ich
Christtagsfreude
holen ging
Peter Rosegger

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 47°34'7" - E 15°37'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atst128; Photograph: 13 September 2016
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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