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Fräulein-Maria-Denkmal

Monument for Miss Maria of Jever

Maria of Jever, known in Jeverland as Miss Maria (Jever 1500 - Jever 1575) the last ruler of the Lordship of Jever from the Wiemken family
(Wikipedia)

Harro Magnussen
Bronzegießerei Gladenbeck (Friedrichshagen bei Berlin)
1900

Description

Bronze statue of Miss Maria of Jever the former regent Maria of Jever in courtly dress, facing to Jever Castle facing; in her right hand she holds the town charter, her left hand is placed on the head of a seated greyhound next. The statue stands on a pedestal which forms the center of a large stone bench, with the the both ends lions with the coats-of-arms of the Jever chieftains (left) and Oldenburg (right).

Inscription(s)

Bronze plaque with text and the coat of arms of Jever.

MARIA
geb. dochter vnd
froichen zu
JEVER
rustringen
ostringen vnd
wangerland
1500-1575

Sculptor

Harro Magnussen (Hamm bei Hamburg 1861- Grunewald bei Berlin 1908), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 53°34'23" - E 7°54'12") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens204; Photograph: 27 April 2014
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