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Hirsau
(Stadt Calw)
Lkr. Calw
Baden-Württemberg

Liebenzeller straße

Drei Zeitzeugen

Three Period Witnesses

 Peter Lenk
2004

Hirsau / Drei Zeitzeugen   Hirsau / Drei Zeitzeugen

Description

Three statues (from polyester? and or metal) on metal poles, representing:
  1. (center): Abbot Wilhelm von Hirsau (c. 1030 - 1091), aenedictine abbot and monastic reformer. He was abbot of Hirsau Abbey, for whom he created the Constitutiones Hirsaugienses, based on the uses of Cluny, and was the father of the Hirsau Reforms (Wikipedia).
  2. (left): General Ezéchiel du Mas, comte de Mélac (Sainte-Radegonde c. 1630 - Paris 1704), career soldier in the French army under King Louis XIV and war minister Louvois; he burned the monasty in 1689 during the Palatine war of succession (Wikipedia).
  3. (right): "Rockerbraut" (rocker chick)

Ezéchiel du Mas, comte de Mélac, setting fire to the monastery.


Abt Wilhelm von Hirsau, with monks in his arms, and one on his back

Rocker chick, driving away from the town an its history

Annotation

The metal work is done blacksmith Peter Klink.

Sculptor

Sources & Information

Tags

  • Country: Germany
  • Du Mas, Ezéchiel
  • Lenk, Peter
  • Mélac, comte de
  • Monk
  • Motorcyclist
  • Rocker chick
  • Wilhelm of Hirsau

    • Locatie (N 48°44'10" - E 8°44'8") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

    Item Code: debw155; Photograph: 19 April 2012
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