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Wiligrad
(Gem. Lübstorf)
Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Wiligrader Straße
(Schloßgarten)

Braunschweiger Löwe

Brunswick Lion

Henry the Lion (1129/30 - 1195), Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, had the lion statue built during his reign around 1166 as a symbol of his ducal authority and jurisdiction
(Wikipedia)

Hans-Werner Könecke
ca. 1166 (copy 2014)

Description

Replica of the 12th century Brunswick Lion. The original replica was placed in 1914 and was gift by Ernst August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg to Duke Johann Albrecht von Mecklenburg. This statue disappeared in 1950. For the 2014 replica the same mold was used as for the copy in Schwerin

Signature

2014 XX

Sculptor

Hans-Werner Könecke (1940), German sculptor (Information).

Sources & Information

Burgerbe-Blog, Schloss Wiligrad: Welfen-Löwe zurück am Schweriner See.

Locatie (N 53°44'22" - E 11°26'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: demv218; Photograph: 6 August 2016
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