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Worms
Stadt Worms
Rheinland-Pfalz

Marktplatz / Hagenstraße
(Haus zur Münze)

Volker von Alzey

Figure in the German Nibelungenlied
(Wikipedia)

Georg Wrba
1910

Description

Sandstone statue of a sitting man playing lute, placed on a socle in the façade of the Haus zur Münze.

Inscription(s)

VOLKER VON ALZEY
im nibelungenlied
spielmann und ritter
zu worms.
sandsteinskulptur
von georg wrba
für das 1910 an dieser
stelle erbaute
und 1945 zerstörte
cornelianum.

Signature

g. wrba / 1910

Sculptor

Georg Wrba (München 1872 - Dresden 1939), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Nibelungenlied-Gesellschaft, Nibelungen-Denkmäler in Worms.

Locatie (N 49°37'46" - E 8°21'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: derp084; Photograph: 25 September 2011
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