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Peine
Landkreis Peine
Niedersachsen

Duttenstedter Straße 106
(Finanzamt)

Die Reiher

The Herons

Karl Wientzek
Noack (Leipzig)
1964

Description

Sculpture of three abstracted herons.
Due to its location in front of the tax office, the locals called the purely decorative sculpture soon 'The Three Plucked Geese' or 'The Vultures of Bankruptcy'.

Sculptor

Karl Wientzek.

Sources & Information

Stadt Peine, Denkmäler und Skulpturen in Peine.
Michael Utecht, Denkmäler und Skulpturen in Peine (Peine: StadtMarketing, 2019), (PDF online).

Locatie (N 52°19'44" - E 10°14'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens659; Photograph: 30 July 2024
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