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Lotsenstatue

Pilot's Statue

Ludwig Kunstmann
1920s

Description

Ceramic statue of a pilot. The statue is identical with the fisherman's statue in Cuxhaven.

Inscription(s)

Lotsenstatue
von
Ludwig Kunstmann
*1877 Regensburg †1961 Hamburg
Ehemaliger Standort: Kurgartenhaus
Travemünder Bürgerhaben die Beseitigung der Statue
verhindert. Vom Wasser- und Schiffahrtsamt Lübeck
wurde sie 1993 restauriert.

Signed: KUNSTMANN | HAMBURG
k.k.k. kieler kunst keramik

Annotation

The statue was originally placed at the corner of the Kurgartenhaus (corner Kurgartenstraße/Am Lotsenberg), demolished in 1973.

Sculptor

Ludwig Kunstmann (Regensburg 1877 - Hamburg 1961), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Rolf Fechner, Portraits Travemünder Häuser Nr. 86.

Locatie (N 53°57'38" - E 10°53'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desh039; Photograph: 26 June 2013
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