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Detmold
(Stadt Detmold)
Kr. Lippe
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Schloßplatz

Ernst zur Lippe-Biesterfeld

Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Oberkassel 1842 - Schloss Lopshorn 1904
head of the Lippe-Biesterfeld line of the House of Lippe. From 1897 until his death he was the regent of the Principality of Lippe
(Wikipedia)

Heinrich Wefing
1907

Description

Bronze statue of teh Regent, sitting on a throne. On the sides of the pedestal are two reliefs:

Entry of the Regent and his wife in Detmold, 17 July 1897 - in the background the Hermann Monument.

Detmold - Ernst zur Lippe-Biesterfeld
Probably this depicts Ernst's wife, Karoline von Wartensleben, caring for the poor

Inscription(s)

ERNST
graf und edler herr zur lippe-biesterfeld
REGENT
des fürstentums lippe
1897-1904

in liebe und dankbarkeit
errichtet vom treuen
lippischen volke

Signature

heinrich wefing fec. 1907

Sculptor

Heinrich Wefing (Eickum bei Herford 1854 - Berlin 1920), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 51°56'12" - E 8°52'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw324; Photograph: 7 April 2014
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