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Leipzig
Stadt Leipzig
Sachsen

Grimmaische Straße 10

Paul Fleming

Hartenstein (Sachsen) 1609 - Hamburg 1640
German physician and poet
(Wikipedia)

Gert Wunderlich & Max Uhlig
Noack (Leipzig)
2009

Description

Plaque with portrait, after a drawing by Max Uhlig, a poem by Fleming and text.

Inscription(s)

Paul
Fleming
1609-1640
»Dieser Helm wird nütze seyn /
daß die Schwalben nisten drein /
daß man / wann der Frühling kömmt /
junge Vögel da vernimmt.«

Der sächische Dichter
lebte und studierte 1622-1633 hier
im Grimmaischen Viertel

/sächsische akademie der künste/
/stadt leipzig 2009/

Paul
Fleming
1609-1640
"This helmet will be useful,
that the swallows nest in it
so that when spring comes
young birds are there.

The Saxon poet
lived and studied here in 1622-1633
in the Grimma quarter

Signature

G. Wunderlich and Max Uhlig

Sculptors

Max Uhlig (Dresden 1937), German painter (Wikipedia).
Gert Wunderlich (Leipzig 1933), German graphic designer and typographer (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Architektur-Blicklicht, Brunnen & Denkmäler.
Stadt Leipzig, 23 Sept. 2009, Ehrung des sächsischen Dichters Paul Fleming anlässlich seines 400. Geburtstages.

Locatie (N 51°20'22" - E 12°22'40") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn085; Photograph: 4 September 2022
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