Statues - Hither & Thither

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Berlin
(Bezirk Mitte)
Stadt Berlin
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Grosser Tiergarten
(Thomas-Dehler-Straße)

Theodor Fontane

Neuruppin 1819 - Berlin 1898
German novelist and poet
(Wikipedia)

Max Klein
1910

Description

Marble statue of Fontane in a frock coat with hat and a cane, as a "Wanderer in the Mark.", referring to his five-volume work Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (1862-1882 - Ramblings through Brandenburg).

Inscription(s)

THEODOR FONTANE
1819 - 1898

Annotation

Replica in artifical stone of 1985. The original is in the Märkischen Museum.

Sculptor

Max Klein (Gönc, Hungary 1847 - Berlin-Grunewald 1908), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Denkmale in Berlin, Großer Tiergarten.
Berlin von A bis Z, Berlin Lexikon.

Locatie (N 52°30'35" - E 13°20'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe062; Photograph: 10 August 2013
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