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Wismar
Stadt Wismar im Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Speicherstraße 8

Klaus Störtebeker

Wismar c. 1360 - Hamburg 1401
leader and the best known representative of a companionship of privateers known as the Victual Brothers (German: Vitalienbrüder)
(Wikipedia)

Jörg Wachter-Lehn
2006

Description

Plaque of ceramic tiles show a portrait of Klaus Störtebeker on the façade of the house where he was born in 1368 (according to the sign). There are a dozen or so places claiming Störtebeker was born there.

Signature

wachter-lehn

Sculptor

Jörg Wachter-Lehn (Warnemünde 1968), German sculptor from Barnekow.

Sources & Information

My Heimat, Wismar, Stõrtebeker wurde in der Speicherstraße 8 geboren.

Locatie (N 53°53'35" - E 11°27'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: demv231; Photograph: 6 August 2016
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