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Puppenbrücke

Puppenbrücke

Bridge of Statues

Dietrich Jürgen Boy & P.H. Gnekow
1774-76 (copies of 1985)

Description

Bridge of the early 20th century, for which were re-used the statues on the 1776 bridge. One of the statues is larer replaced by a new one, the others are replaced by copies.

Frieden / Peace.
Vase: agriculture and animal husbandry.
Merkur / Mercury, with his winged had and a purse in his hand, his other hand rests on a package.
Lindenplatz - north

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5
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Freiheit / Freedom, with a cat at her feet.
Vase: diligence and thrift.

Neptun / Neptune, with a horse.
This statue was replaced, as the text says:

= poseidon = originalfigur von
d. jürgen boy 1776 - zerstört 1936
nach historischem vorbild frei
geschaffen v. p.h. gnekow 1989
gestiftet v.d. friedrich bluhme
und else jebsen stiftung auf
initiative des lübeck-forum e.v.

Signed: gnekow 1989

Lindenplatz - south

Klugheit / Wisdom, with a snake.
Vase: the love of country.
Bürgertugend / Civic virtue. A Roman soldier.
Holstentorplatz - south

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Eintracht / Concordia, with fasces. and cornucopia.
Vase: science and arts; with text Posteritati anno MDCCLXXVI
Trave / River god Trave, beared man with jar.

Information Sign

the bridge of statues

Former outer bridge in front of the second
town gate of the Holsten-gate complex.
The bridge's artificial stone-replicas and
vases of Dietrich Jürgen Boy's original
sandstone sculptures from 1774-76
standing on either side of the bridge were
integrated into the newly constructed
bridge from 1907.

puppenbrücke

Ehemalige äußere Brücke vor dem
zweiten Vortor des Holstenstores.
Von der alten Brücke
die 1773-76 von Dietrich Jürgen Boy
aus Sandstein gefertigten allegorischen
Standfiguren und Vasen
in den Neubau von 1907 übernommen.

Annotation

The original statues are in the St. Annen Museum.

Sculptors

Dietrich Jürgen Boy (1724-1803), German sculptor of Lübeck.
Paul Heinrich Gnekow (Marne, Schl.-Holst. 1928), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

HL-Live, Auf der Brücke, wo die Puppen tanzen and Kunststücke: Götter, Bürger und Gelehrte.
Wikipedia, Skulpturen und Objekte in Lübeck.

Locatie (N 53°51'58" - E 10°40'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desh033; Photograph: 26 June 2013
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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© Website and photos: René & Peter van der Krogt

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