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Schillerplatz

Friedrich von Schiller

Marbach am Neckar 1759 - Weimar 1805
German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright
(Wikipedia)

Bertel Thorvaldsen
Johann Baptist Stiglmaier
1839

Description

Bronze statue on a pedestal with four reliefs.

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Sphere with the name Schiller on the back of a dove carrying a scroll and flanked by two women with a scroll and a mask respectively. In the lower part depictions of the constellations Cancer and Taurus.

Concordia, with a palmleaf (peace) and laurel wreath.

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A lyra flanked by two griffions

A winged figure with a lyra

Inscription(s)

Signed: erfunden und modelliert / von / alb: thorwaldsen
gegossen / von / i.b. stiglmayer

Annotation

The first Schiller statue in Germany, unveiled 8 May 1839. About its origin wrote Thorwaldsen's compatriot Hans Christian Andersen the fairy tales, Die alte Kirchenglocke (the old church bell).

The Schillerplatz

Sculptor

Bertel Thorvaldsen (København 1770 - id. 1844), Danish sculptor (his statue) (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Stuttgart im Bild, Denkmale.
Wikipedia, Schillerplatz (Stuttgart).
Stadt Stuttgart, Denkmale für Persönlichkeiten.

Locatie (N 48°46'37" - E 9°10'42") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw125; Photograph: 18 April 2012
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