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Beuel
Stadt Bonn
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Königswinterer Straße, Oberkassel

Gottfried Kinkel

Oberkassel 1815 - Zürich 1882
German poet also noted for his revolutionary activities and his escape from a Prussian prison in Spandau
(Wikipedia)

Gustav Rutz
1906

Description

Bronze bust on a column. On the front is a relief portrait of Kinkel's wife Johanna Kinkel geb. Mockel (Bonn 1810 - London 1858), German composer, writer, and revolutionary.

Beuel - Godfried Kinkel

On the base are three reliefs:

Beuel - Godfried Kinkel

Personification of the river Sieg with the town of Siegen in the background.
o sieg, mein herrlichen heimatfluss
so klar so kühl, und wild
wie bist in deinem strudelinden schuss
recht deiner männer bild
Scene from Kinkel's narrative poem Otto der Schütz (Otto II. von Hessen, bef. 1322-1366), with the closing sentence:
„sein schicksal schafft sich
selbst der mannʺ
Personification of the river Rhine with the Siebengebirge in the background and a ship 'Rheinlande'
o fröhlich leben an dem rhein
gespeist von kraft, getränkt von wein
wie grüssest du in sommerlust
unsterblich jung des dichters brust

Inscription(s)

dem rheinischen dichter
GOTTFRIED KINKEL
das deutsche volk

errichtet im jahre 1906

Sculptor

Gustav Rutz (Köln 1857 - Köln 1949), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Personen-Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Otto der Schütz.

Locatie (N 50°42'43" - E 7°10'1") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw474; Photograph: 15 September 2015
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