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Mönchengladbach
Stadt Mönchengladbach
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Rathausstraße / Abteiberg

Graf Balderich

Legendary founder of the first church in Mönchengladbach

Mark Holloway
date?

Description

Stone statue.

Inscription(s)

BALDERICH

795 graf balderich
grvndet gladbach
972 erzbischof gero
von cöln stiftet die
benediktiner-abtei mön-
chen gladbach
1350 markgraf wilhelm
von iülich erhebt glad-
bach zvr stadt
1888 gladbach stadtkreis

Signature

e hollweg

Sculptor

Mark Holloway, British sculptor.

Sources & Information

Gladbachnetz, Steinerne Zeugnisse der Vergangenheit.

Locatie (N 51°11'36" - E 6°25'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw038; Photograph: 5 August 2009
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