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Porträts der Schlossarchitekten

Portraits of the Architects of the Castle

Oswald Hiery
1997

Saarbrücken / Porträts der Schlossarchitekten

Description

The keystones of the windows of the ground flour of the south wing (to the right of the modern entrance) of the Saarbrücken palace shows reliefs of the three architects involved in the buiding and re-building of the palace.

Friedrich Joachim Stengel
(Zerbst 1694 - Saarbrücken 1787)
German architect, builder of the baroque palace and Ludwigskirche at Saarbrücken (1739-1748).
(Wikipedia). Bust in half profile between two pile of papers. At the top a fortified tower.

Hugo Dihm
city architect of Saarbrücken (1876-1880/82), responsible for the new central building of the palace (1872). No portrait is known, so he is represente by a shield shaped as a collar-like costume part with in the center a T-square and a pair of compasses, with underneath probably coins. At the top a sunflower as symbol of light.

Johann Adam Knipper the Younger
(Harskirchen 1784 - Saarbrücken 1870), German architect, responsible for the classicist reconstruction of the Palace in 1810
(Wikipedia).
Bust in half profile between two pile of papers. At the top a burning building.

Sculptor

Oswald Hiery (Ensdorf/Saar 1937 - Wadgassen-Ihn 2016), German sculptor of Wallerfangen, Saarland (Website and Old Website).

Locatie (N 49°13'48" - E 6°59'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desl011; Photograph: 29 May 2019
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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