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Ferdinand Porsche

Maffersdorf 1875 - Stuttgart 1951
automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company; known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner-Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and Porsche automobiles.
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
date?

Description

Bronze bust of Ferdinand Porsche.

Inscription(s)

Ferdinand Porsche
ein Sudetendeutscher
*1875 †1951

Annotation

Copy of the bust in the Volkswagen-Werke in Wolfsburg. Porsche was born in a village near the original Gablonz an der Neiße (now Jablonec nad Nisou).

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Kaufbeuren Marketing Tourist Information, Sehenswürdigkeiten in Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz, with 'Rundgang durch Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz' (PDF).
Bund der Vertriebenen, Mahn- und Gedenkstätten Bayern (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 47°54'28" - E 10°38'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deby341; Photograph: 7 October 2014
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