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Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

The Captain of Köpenick

Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt
Tilsit 1849 - Luxembourg 1922
German shoemaker and impostor who masqueraded as a Prussian military officer in 1906 and became famous as The Captain of Köpenick
(Wikipedia)

Spartak Babajan
Kunstgießerei Seiler
1996

Description

Bronze statue of Voigt in captain's uniform at the entrance of the Köpenick town hall.

Information Sign

Hauptmann von Köpenick
Spartak Babajan 1996
Im Besitz des Bezirksamtes Köpenick von Berlin

Sculptor

Spartak Babajan, Armenian-German sculptor of Berlin (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Bildhauerei in Berlin, Skulpturen in Köpenick.
Helmut Caspar, Der Mann mit den O-Beinen, In: Berlinische Monatsschrift (1996), pp. 3-8.

Locatie (N 52°26'44" - E 13°34'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe065; Photograph: 10 August 2013
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