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Fürstbischof Julius Echter und Prinzregent Luitpold

Prince-bishop Julius Echter and Prince Regent Luitpold

Hermann Hahn & Hubert Netzer
1896

Würzburg / Fürstbischof Julius Echter und Prinzregent Luitpold

Description

Central on the roof is a sculpture of Prometheus, who brought the fire and thus the light to mankind, between two dragons, under this statue the motto veritati(to truth). On the sides of the front façade are two busts in niches, with year beneath them and the coat of arms of the depicted person above:

(right) mdlxxxii, Signed: h. hahn / fec.
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (Mespelbrunn 1545 - Würzburg 1617), prince bishop of Würzburg, 1573-1617, re-founded the university in 1582 (Wikipedia).
(left) mdcccxcvi
Prinzregent Luitpold von Bayern (Würzburg 1821-München 1912, Prince Regent of Bavaria, 1886-1912; During his reign, in 1896, this new main building of the university was built Wikipedia).


Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn	Prinzregent Luitpold von Bayern

Annotation

Neobarock main building for the university, built 1892-1896 by the architect Rudolf Ritter Horstig d'Aubigny. The sculptures were by Hahn and Netzer.

Sculptors

Hermann Hahn (Kloster Veilsdorf 1868 - Pullach im Isartal 1942), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Hubert Netzer (Isny im Allgäu 1865-München 1939), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

WürzburgWiki, Baudenkmale in der Gemarkung Würzburg.

Location (N 49°47'16" - E 9°56'7")

Item Code: deby196; Photograph: 27 September 2011
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