Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Slender column - originally the centrepiece of a fountain - topped by a sculpture of St. Martin shares his cloak with a beggar. Scenes from a St. Martin's procession with lantern-carrying children revolve in four bands around the column, accompanied by the words of the the first verse of the Rhineland St. Martin's song Dä hellige Zint Määten:

In standard German: "Der heilige Sankt Martin, das war ein guter Mann, der gab den Kindern Kerzen, und machte sie selber an; but butz wieder butz das war ein guter Mann" (The holy Saint Martin, that was a good man, he gave candles to children and lit them himself; buts, buts and buts again, that was a good man).

The complete text in a slightly different spelling of the Rhineland dialect can be found here: D'r hellije Zinter Mätes.

At the foot is the text: geplant u. gestiftet von herrn otto lindemann (planned and founded by Otto Lindemann).

Sculptor

• Jakob Wilhelm (Willy) Meller (Köln 1887 - Rodenkirchen-Weiß 1974), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Kunstverein zu Frechen e.V., Skulpturenweg Frechen, 24 Entdeckungen (PDF online).

Tags

• Town: Frechen
• Kreis: Rhein-Erft-Kreis
• Land: Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Country: Germany
• Child with Lampion
• Martin, St.
• Meller, Willy

Locatie (N 50°54'59" - E 6°48'25") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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