Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Six meter tall square fountain column with St. Mary and Child on the top. Below her four trumpet-blowing heralds. On the flanks scenes from Westerholt's history. These motifs were selected and created together with Westerholter citizens; among them are spinners and lions, witches and village fires, herald and a Kiepenkerl. At the foot sit four figures.

At the top four hornblowers, referring to the Martins-Bläser, a horn group founded in 1958 by Dr. Deitmer.
South	East	North	West
Coats of arms of Westerholt of 1937 (top), of Herten (right) and the new one of Westerholt (bottom)	Evangelical Christ Church	St. Martin's Church	Old church, later Castle Chapel
Hawker ('Kiepenkerl') and Nightwatch with pigs	Spinner and Heinrich von Westerholt, one of the founders of Cologne university	Burning village (1582, 1591, and 1618)	Bean planter
Caritas	Johann von Westerholt, bishop of Verden, and Family	Teacher	Three miners
Lion for the Lion Park of count Egon of Westerholt	Runner (symbol of sport)	Children (symbol of the future)	Weaver
Figures at the foot, referring to the stages of human life: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age.
Mother with child	Reading boy	Child with bird	Two old men

Information Sign

Sculptor

• Josef Krautwald (Borkendorf, Oberschlesien, [Burgrabice] 1913 - Rheine 2003), German sculptor from Rheine (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Stadt Herten, Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum, Sept. 2012 (PDF online).
• Wikipedia, Liste von Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum in Herten.

Tags

Locatie (N 51°35'58" - E 7°5'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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