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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(Frankfurt am Main 1749-Weimar 1832)
German writer and polymath; considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in Western culture
(Wikipedia)

Carl Wilhelm Bierbrauer
Gießerei in Herborn Westerwald
1933

Rüdesheim am Rhein / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Description

Memorial tablet with portrait, placed on the façade of the Adlerturm.

Inscription(s)

[PORTRAIT]

1749-1832
Errichtet zum Weinblütenfest im Mai 1933

Goethe
weilte wiederholt in Rüdesheim
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...Der steine fusspfad nach
Rüdesheim hinab führt durch
die herrligsten Weinberge...
aus Goethe's Rheinreise

Sculptor

Carl Wilhelm Bierbrauer (Bierstadt 1881 - Bierstadt 1962), German sculptor in Wiesbaden (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Rolf Göttert, Notizen aus dem Stadtarchiv, on:line: Rüdesheim, Zum Ruhme der Poeten - Schillern und Goethen!.

Location (N 49°58'40" - E 7°55'32")

Item Code: dehs025; Photograph: 7 September 2010
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