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Fürbringer-Brunnen

Fürbringer Fountain

Leo Fürbringer
Gera 1843 - Emden 1928
Mayor of Emden, 1875-1913
(Wikipedia)

Georg Küsthardt
1900

Description

Obelisk with a relief portrait of Fürbringer, flanked by statues of a fisherman and a dock labourer, standing in an oval fountain basin.

Inscription(s)

(portrait)

leo
fürbringer
oberbürgermeister
der stadt emden

Der
Oberbürgermeister
Leo Fürbringer
zu seinem 25jährigen
Ambtsjubiläum
am 19. Juli 1900
gewidmet
von der Bürgerschaft
der Stadt Emden

Signature

Georg Küsthardt fec. Hannover 190?

Sculptor

Georg Küsthardt (Hildesheim 1863 - Hannover 1903), German sculptor, brother of Friedrich and Helfried Küsthardt and brother-in-law of Gertrud Küsthardt-Langenhan (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Norbert Fiks, Denkmäler in Ostfriesland.

Locatie (N 53°22'2" - E 7°12'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens232; Photograph: 28 April 2014
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