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Landgraf Philipp der Großmütige

Philip I the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse

Marburg 1504 - Kassel 1567
Landgrave of Hesse, 1509-1567; founder of the University at Marburg, 1527
(Wikipedia)

Peter Joseph Schöneseiffer
1901

Marburg / Landgraf Philipp der Großmütige

Description

Stone statue on a console and under a baldachin in the south façade of the Alte Universität (Old University).

Sculptor

Peter Joseph Schöneseiffer (1846–1922), German sculptor.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Alte Universität (Marburg).
Universitätsgeschichte, Unbekannter 'Philipp' in luftiger Höhe (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 50°48'28" - E 8°46'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs261; Photograph: 8 October 2018
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