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Hannover
Region Hannover
Niedersachsen

Hanns-Lilje-Platz

Hermann Wilhelm Bödeker

Osnabrück 1799 - Hannover 1875
Evangelical pastor in the Marktkirche (Market Church) of Hannover
(Wikipedia)

Carl Dopmeyer
1880

Description

Bronze statue of Bödeker with the bible in his hand, and with a small girl in front of him.

Inscription(s)

dem senior
hermann wilhelm
BÖDEKER
die dankbaren
mitburger 1879

umgesetzt durch die
stadt hannover ao 1939

Signature

C. Dopmeyer fec. 1878.

Sculptor

Carl Dopmeyer (Springe 1824 - Hannover 1899), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste von Denkmälern in Hannover.
Olaf Hoffmann, Öffentliche Kunst in Hannover.

Locatie (N 52°22'18" - E 9°44'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens147; Photograph: 3 April 2014
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