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Denkmal Schlacht am Vögelinsegg 1403

Monument for the Battle of Vögelinsegg 1403

Otto Steiger
1903

Speicher / Denkmal Schlacht am Vögelinsegg 1403

Description

Statue of an Appenzell farmer with a morning star, looking towards the town of St. gallen. It stands on a boulder with the dates 1403-1903. The Battle of Vögelinsegg was a military conflict between Appenzell and the Abbey of St. Gall during the Appenzell Wars. It took place in the so-called Loch between Speicher and St. Gallen in present-day Canton of St. Gallen on May 15, 1403.

Signature

O. Steiger / Herisau.

Speicher - Denkmal Schlacht am Vögelinsegg 1403

Sculptor

Otto Steiger (Rapperwil 1865 - St. Gallen 1931), Swiss sculptor (SIKART Lexikon).

Locatie (N 47°24'58" - E 9°26'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: char003; Photograph: 6 October 2014
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