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Hütejunge mit Ziege

Shepherd Boy with Goat

On the sculptor's website named "Knabe mit Ziege" (Boy with Goat)

Ewald Rumpf
2003

Rotenburg an der Fulda / Hütejunge mit Ziege

Description

Sculpture group of a boy holding a goat eating some scrubs from a wall.

Inscription(s)

„Hütejunge mit Ziegeʺ

Anno 2003

Finanziert durch Spenden!

Annotation

On the lawn between the city wall and the Fulda, which in its original river bed flowed not far away, goats were herded until after the last world war. On the way to the pasture this boy has to deal with his stubborn goat that has been discovered a bunch of grown grass in the ancient city wall.

Sculptor

Ewald Rumpf (Posen 1943), German sculptor from Remsfeld, Hessen (Website).

Sources & Information

Rotenburg an der Fulda, Skulpturenpfad.
Mittleres Fuldatal, Auf bronzenen Spuren durch Rotenburg a. d. Fulda.

Locatie (N 50°59'40" - E 9°43'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs130; Photograph: 7 August 2013
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