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Rebekka - 3 Figuren

Rebekka - 3 Figures

Heinz Schäpers
2003

Buer /  Rebekka - 3 Figuren   Buer /  Rebekka - 3 Figuren

Description

Steel sculpture group of a women with a child and two men, on with a briefcase and the second with a scroll, together representing the committed citizens of Buer. They stand on a plate in the form of a plan of the former town of Buer with the names of the various districts.
It is a gift to the people of Buer on the occasion of the 1000-year celebration for the first documented mention in 1003.

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Gelsenkirchen-Buer - Rebekka - 3 Figuren

Inscription(s)

On the briefcase:

Zur Erinnerung an das Bürgerschaftliche Engagement
zur 1000-Jahr-Feier von Buer
1003-2003
Initiatorenkreis 1000-Jahre-Buer
To commemorate the civic engagement
for the 1000th anniversary of Buer
1003-2003
Initiator group 1000-year Buer

On the scroll is written:

Buersche Freiheit
am 14. April 1448
überreicht durch
den Erzbischof
von Köln
Dietrich von Moers
Freedom of Buer
on 14 April 1448
granted by the
Archbishop
of Cologne
Dietrich von Moers

Signature

schäpers

Sculptor

Sources & Information

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Locatie (N 51°34'47" - E 7°3'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw886; Photograph: 29 July 2022
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