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Der Zeitungsleser - Der Leserbrunnen

The Newspaper Reader - Reader Fountain

Robert Enders
1993

Sulingen / Der Zeitungsleser - Der Leserbrunnen

Description

Sculpture of a man reading a newspaper, sitting on top of a pile of books. The sculpture is in the center of a fountain.
The fountain is made in commission of Erich Plenge, formerly publisher of the Sulingen Newspaper, in honour of his father Dietrich Plenge.

Inscription(s)

Around the column:

"Lesen bereichert das Leben" (Dietrich Plenge)

Sculptor

Robert Enders (Sulingen 1928 - Sulingen 2003), German sculptor from Sulingen (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Sulingen.
Stadt Sulingen, Sehenswertes - Sulingen in Bildern.
Landschaftsverband Weser-Hunte e.V., Skulpturen und Objekte im öffentlichen Raum in den Landkreisen Diepholz und Nienburg/Weser, 2011 (PDF on-line).

Location (N 52°40'58" - E 8°48'4")

Item Code: dens457; Photograph: 8 August 2016
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