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Frankfurt am Main
Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Hessen

Limpurgergasse
(Neues Rathaus)

Karl der Große

Charlemagne

unknown place 742 - Aachen 814
King of the Franks (since 768) and Emperor (since 800)
(Wikipedia)

Anton Karl Rumpf
c. 1908

Description

Sandstone statue of Charlemagne in the façade of the Town Hall above the gate at Limpurgergasse. Under the console his paladins Roland and Einhard.

Frankfurt am Main - Karl der Große
Roland and Einhard

Signature

C. Rumpf

Annotation

Built 1900-1908 after designs from the architects Ludwig Neher and Franz von Hoven.

Sculptor

Anton Karl Rumpf (Frankfurt am Main 1838 - Frankfurt am Main 1911), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Willi Stubenvoll, 'Das Frankfurter Rathaus 1896-1901', p. 415-451 in Ekkehard Mai et al., Das Rathaus im Kaiserreich: Kunstpolitische Aspekte einer Bauaufgabe des 19. Jahrhunderts (Berlin, 1982).
Das alte Rathaus. Notizen zum Denkmalschutz 8 (Frankfurt am Main: Der Stadtkonservator, Dezernat Planung, 2014).

Locatie (N 50°6'36" - E 8°40'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs185; Photograph: 28 September 2014
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