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Niedersachsen

Herrenhäuser Allee

Johann Gerhard Helmcke

Stadthagen 1750 - Hannover 1824
Master baker and grain dealer, who saved the Herrenhäuser Allee and George Garden from deforestation

Friedrich Adolf Sötebier
1950 (1928)

Description

Stele with a bronze relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

dem retter
der herrenhäuser allee
Johann Gerhard
Helmcke
14 V 1750 26 VI 1824

Signature

Friedrich Adolf Sötebier 1950

Annotation

The present monunent replaced a 1928 original with was lost in the war.

Sculptor

Friedrich Adolf Sötebier (Hohenbostel 1896 - Wennigsen 1973), German sculptress (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 52°23'5" - E 9°42'45") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens165; Photograph: 3 April 2014
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