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Martin Luther

Eisleben 1483 - Eisleben 1546
German priest and professor of theology who initiated the Protestant Reformation
(Wikipedia)

Emil Hundrieser
Bronzegießerei Gladenbeck (Friedrichshagen bei Berlin)
1886

Description

Bronze statue of Luther with a bible in his right hand.

Inscription(s)

Gottes Wort
mit uns
in Ewigkeit.

10. November
1883.

Signed: e. hundrieser Fec. 1886
gegossen von h. gladenbeck & sohn / berlin 1886

Sculptor

Emil Hundrieser (Königsberg 1846 - Berlin 1911), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Das schöne Detail..., Figuren, Reliefs und Denkmale in Magdeburg.
Wikipedia, Lutherdenkmal.

Location (N 52°7'51" - E 11°38'27")

Item Code: desa022; Photograph: 1 September 2012
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