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Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal

Goethe-Schiller Monument

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Frankfurt am Main 1749-Weimar 1832)
German writer and polymath; considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in Western culture
(Wikipedia)
Friedrich von Schiller Marbach am Neckar 1759 - Weimar 1805
German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright
(Wikipedia)

Ernst Rietschel
Ferdinand von Miller (München)
1857

Description

Bronze statue of Goethe (left) and Schiller (right)

Inscription(s)

dem dichterpaar
GOETHE und SCHILLER
das vaterland.

Signature

Ernst Rietschel | inv. et fec. | Dresden 1856
Ferd. v. Müller | fudit | München 1857.

Sculptor

Ernst Rietschel (Pulsnitz 1804 - Dresden 1861), German sculptor - see also his memorial in Dresden (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Stadt Weimar, Denkmale.
Weimar-Lese, Denkmäler.

Location (N 50°58'47" - E 11°19'32")

Item Code: deth034; Photograph: 7 August 2013
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