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Jeanne d'Arc équestre - Monument aux morts

Joan of Arc - War memorial

Saint Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), The Maid of Orléans (ca. 1412 - 1431)
national heroine of France, beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War
(Wikipedia)

Paul Brutschi
1924

Bischoffsheim / Jeanne d'Arc équestre - Monument aux morts

Description

Red sandstone equestrian statue of Joan of Arc.

Inscription(s)

commune de
bischoffsheim
a
nos morts
des deux guerres
mondiales
1914-1918
1939-1945

On the sides of the pedestal are the names of the victims of the First World War, on both sides of the statue are steles with names of the victims of the Second World War respectively.

Annotation

Inaugurated 21 September 1924.

War memorial - list of names

We have photos of the list(s) of victims on this memorial. Contact us if you want to see these lists.

Jeanne d'Arc - Timeline

1412 - Approx date of birth
1425 - Visions of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, who told her to drive out the English and bring the Dauphin to Rheims for his coronation
1428, May - Went to Vaucouleurs to ask garrison commander, Count Robert de Baudricourt, to send her to the royal French court at Chinon, but is sent away.
1429, February - Baudricourt allows Jeanne to join the Dauphin at Chinon.
1429, May 8 - Lifting of the siege of Orleans
1429, July 17 - Coronation of Charles VII in Reims
1430, May 23 - Captured at Compiègne
1431, May 30 - Executed at Rouen
1871 - After the defeat of 1871, in many French towns and villages statues of Jeanne d'Arc are erected.

Sculptor

Paul Brutschi (1864 - Ribeauvillé 1922), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2008), p. 73-74.
Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, Statues en France (WebArchive).
L'encrier du poilu, Monuments aux morts 1914-1918.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 48°29'14" - E 7°29'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fral033; Photograph: 17 April 2012
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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