Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

The Tower of the Cologne Town Hall shows 133 statues. Except for the statues above the entrance there are statues of 124 persons related to the history of Cologne. Heavily damaged, almost destroyed, in the Second World War the tower was reconstructed in 1975, but without the statues. The new sculpture program was developed in 1981 for a period of five years by a commission of historians. The history of Cologne should be considered up to the present, however, no living person, no 'negative figures' should be displayed. In 1986, the basic concept has been decided:

• Ground floor: figures until the end of the Middle Ages
• First to third floors: important pesons for the city, chronologically ascending.
• Fourth floor: patrons and saints of the city

The sculptures were made by 57 sculptors from Weiberner Tuff, a volcanic stone from the Eifel. Five old figures were restored and reused. In 1995, finally, all the figures were erected. For better durability, the figures had received a treatment with acrylic resin after so-called 'Ibach process'. However, this treatment led after a short time to great damage, so that the figures had to be removed. In the beginning of 2008 sculptors began with the execution of new figures, which were exact copies of the predecessors, but made from the French Savonnières limestone. Since November 2008 adorn again all 124 characters in Council Tower of Cologne.

Ground floor: Princes and Prince-like personalities

Thumbnail click for enlargement Number Name Sculptor Date West 10 Theophanu theophanv (c. 959-991), niece of the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes. She married Holy Roman Emperor Otto II (Wikipedia). Elisabeth Baumeister-Bühler 16 January 1990 Christ, St. Peter, St. Paul and six prophets The websites on the statues on the tower list only the 124 statues in the four faces of the tower. No information is to be found there about the nine statues above the entrance. 11 Heinrich IV. / Henry IV heinrich iv. (1050-1106), Holy Roman Emperor, 1084-1105 (Wikipedia). unknown (original figure) 12 Heinrich II. von England / Henry Curtmantle heinrich ii. v. england (1133-1189), King of England 1154-1189, granted a privilege to the Cologne merchants (Wikipedia). (Wikipedia). Dennis Thies 15 November 1994 13 Otto IV. otto iv. (1177-1218), King of Germany from 1198/1208 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until he was forced to abdicate in 1215 (Wikipedia) Olaf Höhnen 24 October 1994 14 Innozenz III. / Innocent III innocenz iii. (1160/61-1216), Lotario dei Conti di Segni, pope 1198-1216 (Wikipedia) Karl Matthäus Winter 21 October 1994 15 Friedrich II. / Frederick II friedrich ii. (1194-1250), Holy Roman Emperor 1220-1250 (Wikipedia). Karl Matthäus Winter 19 October 1994 NW corner 16 Rudolf I. rvdolf i. (1218-1291), King of the Romans from 1273 until his death (Wikipedia). Helmut Moos 22 December 1994 North 17 Urban VI. vrban vi. According to the Stadt Köln website, the figure has to be Pope Urban IV (Jacques Pantaléon; c. 1195-1264), Pope 1261-1264 (Wikipedia). Helmut Moos 21 May 1991 18 Friedrich III. / Frederick III friedrich ii. (1415-1493), Holy Roman Emperor 1452-1493 (Wikipedia). Helmut Moos 7 November 1991 19 Maximilian I. (1459-1519), King of the Romans from 1486; Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 (Wikipedia). Christine Karola Wulfert 10 January 1992 1 Augustus avgustvs (63 BC - 14 AD), founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, 27 BC-14AD. (Wikipedia). Matthias Moritz 21 August 1989 2 Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa agrippa (63/64 BC - 12 AD), Roman statesman, general and architect (Wikipedia). Matthias Moritz 21 August 1989 3 Julia Agrippina agrippina (15/16-59), Roman Empress (Wikipedia). Heribert Calleen 11 September 1989 4 Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus postvmvs (260-268), Roman commander of provincial origin who ruled as emperor in the west (Wikipedia). Henryk Dywan 22 October 1991 5 Konstantin der Große / Constantin the Great constantin der grosse (c. 285-337), Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 (Wikipedia). Henryk Dywan 10 December 1991 NE corner 6 Sigibert von Köln / Sigobert the Lame sigibert von ripvarien (490-c. 507/08), king of the Franks in the area of Zülpich (Latin: Tolbiac) and Cologne. (Wikipedia). Ernst Robert Wyrobeck 24 October 1989 East 7 Plektrudis / Plectrude plektrvdis († c. 720), consort of Pepin of Herstal, the mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks (Wikipedia). Thomas Torkler 13 May 1992 8 Karl der Große / Charlemagne karl der grosse (unknown place 742 - Aachen 814), King of the Franks (since 768) and Emperor (since 800) (Wikipedia). Thomas Torkler 7 July 1992 9 Otto I. der Große / Otto the Great (912 - Memleben 973), founder of the Holy Roman Empire, reigning from 936 until his death in 973 (Wikipedia) Georg Krautkrämer 11 June 1992

First floor: important personalities for the town (Middle Ages to early 17th century)

Thumbnail click for enlargement Number Name Sculptor Date West 20 Hildebold von Köln / Hildebold of Cologne hildebold (before 787-818), bishop of Cologne, 787-795 (Wikipedia). Adem Yılmaz, with Titus Reinarz 1 December 1994 21 Äbtissin Ida / Abbess Ida æbtissin ida († 1060), significant abbess of the convent of St. Maria im Kapitol (Wikipedia). Peter Kürten (?), original figure 22 Rupert von Deutz / Rupert of Deutz rvpert von devtz (c. 1065-1129), Benedictine theologian, exegete and writer on liturgical and musical topics (Wikipedia). Stefan Kaiser 22 December 1994 23 Rainald von Dassel / Rainald of Dassel reinald von dassel (1118/20-1167), archbishop of Cologne, 1159-1167, and archchancellor of Italy (Wikipedia). Ernst Thevis 29 November 1994 24 Nikolaus von Verdun / Nicholas of Verdun nikolavs von verdvn (before 1150-1205), French artist, one of the most famous goldsmiths and enamelists of the Middle Ages (Wikipedia). Wilhelm Albermann (?), original figure 25 Sela Jude sela jvde (c. 1180-after 1230), widow of the Cologne patrician Daniel Jude, founded the first beguinage (Wikipedia). Petra Astrid Kroll 10 December 1991 26 Gerhard Unmaze gerhard vnmaze († c. 1198), Cologne merchant, one of the founders of the Cologne banking (Wikipedia). Rainer Walk 29 November 1991 27 Konrad von Hochstaden konrad von hochstaden (c. 1205-1261), archbishop of Cologne, 1238-1261 (Wikipedia). Rainer Walk 30 October 1991 NW corner 28 Meister Gerhard / Master Gerhard gerhard von riele Gerhard von Riele († c. 1261), the first master mason of Cologne Cathedral (Wikipedia). Hilarius Schwarz 4 October 1989   North 29 Matthias Overstolz † c.1268 Wolfgang Binding, with Daniel Hein 4 February 1992   30 Gerhard Overstolz † 1288 Wolfgang Binding, with Norbert Meyer 4 February 1992   31 Gottfried Hagen before 1286-c. 1300 Karl Matthäus Winter 10 March 1992   32 Johann I. (Brabant) 1252/53-1294 Elisabeth Perger 17 January 1992   33 Meister Eckhart c. 1260-1328 Elisabeth Perger 31 October 1990   34 Hilger Quattermart von der Stesse c. 1340-1398 Andreas Rosenkranz 4 December 1991   35 Stephan Lochner c. 1400-1451 Hans Karl Burgeff 23 January 1990   36 Heinrich von Beeck 15. Jh. Hans Karl Burgeff 23 January 1990   NE corner 37 Ulrich Zell † 1507 (?) Hans Karl Burgeff 12 May 1992   East 38 Fygen Lutzenkirchen † after 1515 Wolfgang Reuter 11 February 1992   39 Heinrich Agrippa von Nettesheim 1486-1535 Wolfgang Reuter 11 February 1992   40 Hermann von Neuenahr der Ältere 1492-1530 Karl-Josef Dierkes 26 June 1991   41 Adolf Clarenbach c. 1495-1529 Rudolf Wuttke 31 March 1992   42 Anton Woensam before 1500-1541 Rudolf Wuttke 31 March 1992   43 Arnold von Siegen c. 1490-1578 Wilhelm Albermann (?), original figure   44 Johannes Gropper 1503-1559 Erwin Nöthen 20 December 1994   45 Hermann von Weinsberg 1518-1597 Erwin Nöthen 20 December 1994   SE corner 46 Heinrich Sudermann c. 1520-1591 Erwin Nöthen 23 September 1994   South 47 Michael von Aitzing c. 1530-1598 Alexander Iven, original figure   48 Caspar Ulenberg 1548-1617 Titus Reinarz 29 November 1994   49 Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640 Hans Karl Burgeff 23 November 1994

Second Floor: important personalities for the town (17th up to the late 19th century)

Thumbnail click for enlargement Number Name Sculptor Date SW corner 50 Jan von Werth jan von werth (1591-1652), German general of cavalry in the Thirty Years' War (Wikipedia). Hans-Joachim Bergmann 23 February 1990 West 51 Joost van den Vondel joost van den vondel (1587-1679), Dutch poet, writer and playwright, born in Cologne (Wikipedia). Paul de Swaaf 24 September 1991 52 Aegidius Gelenius ægidivs gelenivs (1595-1679), one of the most respected Cologne historians of his time (Wikipedia). Paul de Swaaf 3 September 1991 53 Melchior von Reidt melchior von reidt (before 1590-after 1624), cabinetmaker in Cologne (Wikipedia). Marlene Dammin 5 February 1991 54 Katharina Henot katharina henot († 1627), German postmaster and an alleged witch, burned at the stake for sorcery in Cologne in Germany (Wikipedia). Marianne Lüdicke 12 May 1989 55 Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld friedrich spee v. langenfeld (1591-1635), German Jesuit and poet, most noted as an opponent of trials for witchcraft (Wikipedia). Marianne Lüdicke 28 November 1990 56 Anna Maria de Heers anna maria de heers (c. 1610-1666), Flemish Ursuline (Wikipedia). Paul Nagel 22 October 1990 57 Anna Maria van Schurman anna maria van schvrman (1607-1678), Dutch (born in Cologne) painter, engraver, poet, and scholar, who is best known for her exceptional learning and her defense of female education (Wikipedia). Elisabeth Perger 4 March 1991 58 Nikolaus Gülich nikolavs gvelich (1644-1686), in the 1680s the leader of a protest movement against the cliques of contemporary Cologne city rulers (Wikipedia). Jürgen Schreiber 23 February 1990 NW corner 59 Johann Maria Farina johann maria farina (1685-1766), Italian perfumier who created the first Eau de Cologne (Wikipedia). Olaf Höhnen 18 March 1991   North 60 Ferdinand Franz Wallraf 1748-1824 Johann Peter Schilling 12 September 1989   61 Heinrich Gottfried Wilhelm Daniels 1754-1827 Johann Peter Schilling 11 June 1992   62 Maria Clementine Martin 1775-1843 Elisabeth Perger 24 October 1989   63 Peter Heinrich Merkens 1777-1854 Stefan Kaiser 14 January 1991   64 Sulpiz Boisserée 1783-1854 Stefan Kaiser 14 January 1991   65 Georg Simon Ohm 1784-1854 Stefan Kaiser 17 March 1989   66 Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (Preußen) 1795-1861 Hon Sang Tong 1 October 1990   67 Ernst Friedrich Zwirner 1802-1861 Hon Sang Tong 24 October 1990   NE corner 68 Robert Blum 1807-1848 Hon Sang Tong 21 October 1992   East 69 Ludolf Camphausen 1803-1890 Michael Eichhorn 18 March 1991   70 Abraham Oppenheim 1804-1878 Michael Eichhorn 11 September 1991   71 August Reichensperger 1808-1895 Hans-Otto Lohrengel 20 November 1989   72 Karl Joseph Daniel DuMont 1811-1861 Theo Heiermann 1 October 1990   73 Ferdinand Hiller 1811-1885 Theo Heiermann 14 May 1991   74 Mathilde Franziska Anneke 1817-1884 Katharina Hochhaus 2 June 1992   75 Moses Hess 1812-1875 Heribert Calleen 23 June 1992   76 Gustav von Mevissen 1815-1899 Heribert Calleen 23 June 1992   SE corner 77 Jacques Offenbach 1819-1880 Klaus Balke 14 May 1991   South 78 Karl Marx 1818-1883 Helmut Moos 6 September 1988   79 Hermann Heinrich Becker 1820-1885 Helmut Moos 21 October 1992   80 Franz Carl Guilleaume 1834-1887 Georg Paul Maria Ahrens 4 December 1991

Third Floor: important personalities for the town (late 19th and 20th centuries)

Thumbnail click for enlargement Number Name Sculptor Date   South 81 Max Bruch 1838-1920 Olaf Höhnen 6 January 1990   Southwest 82 Nicolaus August Otto 1832-1891 Theo Heiermann 5 November 1990 83 Eugen Langen (1833-1895), entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, involved in the development of the petrol engine and the Wuppertal monorail (Wikipedia). Theo Heiermann 5 November 1990 West 84 Hermann Josef Stübben hermann josef stvbben (1846-1936), architect and urban planner (Wikipedia). Karl Matthäus Winter 1. August 1990 85 Mathilde von Mevissen mathilde von mevissen (1848-1924), Suffragette and educational politician (Wikipedia). Sepp Hürten 25 February 1992 86 Karl Trimborn karl trimborn (1854-1924), lawyer and politican (Wikipedia). Sepp Hürten 25 February 1992 87 Wilhelm Marx wilhelm marx (1863-1946), lawyer and politican (Wikipedia). Karl-Josef Dierkes 10 January 1992 Northwest 88 Max Isidor Bodenheimer (1865-1940), lawyer and one of the main figures in German Zionism (Wikipedia). Erwin Nöthen 17 January 1992   89 Benedikt Schmittmann 1872-1939 Toni Zenz 6 March 1990   North 90 Georg Fritze 1874-1939 Joachim Droll 29 January 1992   91 Hans Böckler 1875-1951 Titus Reinarz 16 February 1990   92 Konrad Adenauer 1876-1967 Titus Reinarz 7 November 1991   93 Willi Ostermann 1876-1936 Herbert-Paul Labusga 11 November 1991   Northeast 94 Amalie Lauer 1882-1950 Katharina Hochhaus 26 February 1993   95 Joseph Kardinal Frings 1887-1978 Elmar Hillebrand 1 October 1990   East 96 Christine Teusch 1888-1968 Klaus Kampert 1 October 1991   97 Wilhelm Sollmann 1881-1951 Hans Karl Burgeff 15 July 1991   98 Josef Haubrich 1889-1961 Hans Karl Burgeff 26 June 1991   99 Hertha Kraus 1897-1968 Majka Wichner 29 January 1992   Southeast 100 Bernhard Letterhaus 1894-1944 Martin Krämer 28 January 1992   101 Irmgard Keun 1905-1982 Marieluise Schmitz-Helbig 1 October 1991   South 102 Heinrich Böll 1917-1985 Olaf Höhnen 10 March 1992

Fourth Floor: Patron saints

Thumbnail click for enlargement Number Name Sculptor Date   South 116 Bruno I. 925-965 John-Michael Bachem 10 September 1990   Southwest117 Heribert von Köln c. 970-1021 Friedrich Lindenthal 28 November 1990 118 Anno II. anno ii. (c. 1010-1075), archbishop of Cologne, 1056-1075 (Wikipedia). Werner Franzen 8 October 1990 West 119 Bruno von Köln / Bruno of Cologne brvno der kartævser (c. 1027/30-1101), founder of the Carthusian Order (Wikipedia). Andreas Rosenkranz 10 May 1990 120 Engelbert I. von Köln engelbert i. von berg (c. 1185/86-1225), archbishop of Cologne, 1216-1225, and count of Berg (as Engelbert II) (Wikipedia). Titus Reinarz 28 May 1992 121 Albertus Magnus albertvs magnvs (c. 1193-1280), German Dominican friar, scholar, founder of the university in Cologne (Wikipedia). Titus Reinarz 12 December 1986 122 Johannes Duns Scotus johannes dvns scotvs (c. 1265-1308), one of the three most important philosopher-theologians of the High Middle Ages (Wikipedia). Andreas Dilthey 10 September 1991 Northwest 123 Adolph Kolping adolph kolping (Kerpen 1813 - Köln 1865), German Catholic priest, who founded several Catholic apprentice associations, one of which became the International Kolping Society (Wikipedia). Dieter Heuft 28 November 1990   124 Edith Stein 1891-1942 Paul Nagel 12 May 1992   North 103 Petrus † um 67 John-Michael Bachem 4 February 1991   104 Kaspar Elisabeth Perger 3 December 1992   105 Melchior Elisabeth Perger 3 December 1992   106 Balthasar Elisabeth Perger 3 December 1992   Northeast 107 Gereon von Köln c. 270 - 304 Matthias Moritz 18 September 1990   108 Ursula von Köln 4. Jh. Rainer Walk 20 June 1989   East 109 Maternus † um 328 Rolf Dunkel with Georg Krautkrämer 30. April 1990   110 Severin von Köln c. 400 Walter Hutz 16 June 1992   111 Evergislus † um 594 Walter Hutz 17 June 1992   112 Kunibert von Köln c. 600-663 Majka Wichner 3 May 1990   Southeast 113 Weißer Ewald † 695 (?) Hans-Otto Lohrengel 30 October 1991   114 Schwarzer Ewald † 695 (?) Klaus Balke 22 June 1992   South 115 Agilolf von Köln c. 8. Jh. Elisabeth Baumeister-Bühler 30. April 1990

Sculptors

• Wilhelm Albermann (Werden an der Ruhr 1835 - Köln 1913), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Elisabeth Baumeister-Bühler (Thale 1912 - Baden-Baden 2000), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Hans-Joachim Bergmann Sculptor and stonemason of Wipperfürth (Website).
  
• Heribert Calleen (Köln 1924), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Marlene Dammin-Darius (Köln 1941), German sculptor.
  
• Karl-Josef Dierkes (Dalhausen 1924 - Dalhausen 2008), German sculptor and philosopher (Wikipedia).
  
• Andreas Dilthey, German architect and sculptor (Website).
  
• Henryk Dywan (Konitz 1933), German sculptor (Biograohy).
  
• Werner Franzen, German sculptor of Bergisch Gladbach.
  
• Theo Heiermann (Bottrop 1925 - Köln 1996), German sculptor and painter (Wikipedia).
  
• Dieter Heuft (Obermendig c. 1938), German sculptor (AW-Wiki).
  
• Olaf Höhnen (Mendig/Eifel 1933 - Frechen 2009), German sculptor from Frechen (Website – Wikipedia).
  
• Sepp Hürten (Köln 1928), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Stefan Kaiser (Viersen 1952), German visual artist (Website – Wikipedia).
  
• Georg Krautkrämer, German sculptor.
  
• Petra Astrid Kroll, German artist.
  
• Peter Kürten, German sculptor.
  
• Marianne Lüdicke (Frankfurt am Main 1919 - Marquartstein 2012), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Helmut Moos (Bonn 1931 - Bonn 2017), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  Lit.: Dorothee Haentjes-Holländer, Die Kunst als Spiegel: Zum Tod des Bildhauers Helmut Moos, (PDF online).
  
• Matthias Moritz, German sculptor.
  
• Paul Nagel (Köln 1925 - Köln 2016), German sculptor and painter (Wikipedia).
  
• Erwin Nöthen (1935), German sculptor.
  
• Elisabeth Perger, German sculptor.
  
• Titus Reinarz (Honnef 1948), German sculptor (Website – Wikipedia).
  
• Andreas Rosenkranz, German sculptor and stonemason of Cologne (Website).
  
• Jürgen Schreiber, German sculptor and painter.
  
• Hilarius Schwarz, Sculptor and stonemason of Cologne (Website).
  
• Paulus (Paul) de Swaaf (Ginneken en Bavel 1934 - Nijmegen 2008), beeldhouwer te / Dutch sculptor of Nijmegen (Website – Wikipedia – RKDArtists).
  
• Ernst Thevis (Oberndorf am Neckar 1961), German sculptor (Website).
  
• Dennis Thies (Köln 1947), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Thomas Torkler (Iserlohn 1956), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Rainer Walk, German stonemason and sculptor of Köln.
  
• Karl Matthäus Winter (Worms 1932), German sculptor in Limburg an der Lahn (Wikipedia).
  
• Christine Karola Wulfert, German sculptor.
  
• Ernst Robert Wyrobeck, German sculptor.
  
• Adem Yılmaz (Yerköy, Turkey, 1956), Turkish-German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Rathaus Köln.
• Wikipedia, Liste der Kölner Ratsturmfiguren.
• Stadt Köln, Alle Skulpturen auf einen Blick.

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