Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Statue of a cowherd with horn and staff, accompanied by his dog.

The last cowherd in Bochum drove the cattle of the citizens out of the city to the urban pasture until 1871. With the development of Bochum into a successful industrial city, the keeping of cattle in the houses in the city centre was ended and with it the daily cattle drive. In 1906, the city of Bochum commissioned the prominent sculptor August Schmiemann to create a cowherd monument as a reminder of the tranquil pre-industrial town. The monument was unveiled on the Altstadtmarkt on 29 May 1908. The monument was melted down during the Second World War. Shortly after the end of the war, the citizens of Bochum demanded the reconstruction of the old cowherd monument. On 13 January 1962, the new bronze figure was erected, created by Walter Kruse. The monument is located only a few steps away from the old site.

Inscription(s)

Sculptors

• Walter Kruse, German sculptor in Bochum.
  
• August Schmiemann, German sculptor, active in Münster.

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Liste von Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum in Bochum.
• Artibeau, Kuhhirten-Denkmal (1961).

Tags

• Town: Bochum
• Kreis: Stadt Bochum
• Land: Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Country: Germany
• Cowherd
• Dog
• Kruse, Walter
• Schmiemann, August

Locatie (N 51°28'54" - E 7°13'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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