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Detmold
(Stadt Detmold)
Kr. Lippe
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Weerthplatz

Ferdinand Weerth

Gemarke, Barmen 1774 - Detmold 1836
German theologian and school-reformer. general superintendent (spiritual leader) of the Reformed Church of Lippe, 1805-1836
(Wikipedia)

Otto Kuhlmann
1901

Description

Red sandstone obelisk with a stone relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

WEERTH

dem
andenken an
den um das schul:
wesen in lippe
hochverdienten
generalsuperin:
tendenten
ferdinand weerth
geb. am 1 juni 1774
gest. am 18 oct. 1836
gewidmet von sei:
nen zahlreichen
verehrern

Signature

Otto Kuhlmann | Architekt

Annotation

Unveiled 1 June 1901.

Sculptor

Otto Kuhlmann (Detmold 1873 - Detmold 1948), German architect (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 51°56'4" - E 8°52'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw335; Photograph: 7 April 2014
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