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Ernst-Götzinger-Denkmal - Eule

Ernst Götzinger Monument - Owl

Schaffhausen 1837 - St. Gallen 1896
Swiss Germanist and historian
(Wikipedia)

1906

Sankt Gallen / Ernst-Götzinger-Denkmal - Eule

Description

Column with a bronze relief portrait of Götzinger. On the top of the column is a sculpture of an owl sitting on two books.

Sankt Gallen - Ernst-Götzinger-Denkmal - Eule 8

Inscription(s)

ERNST
GÖTZINGER

1837 - 1896

höchstes glück
der erdenkinder
ist nur die
persönlichkeit

dem alten götz

seine schüler
november 1906

Annotation

In this park are two monuments for Ernst Götzinger, the owl and a fountain 100 meters further.

Sources & Information

Maria Hufenus, Daten zur Baugeschichte der Stadt St. Gallen von den Anfängen bis 2000 (St. Gallen: Staatsarchiv, 2004) (PDF on-line).

Location (N 47°25'32" - E 9°22'45") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chsg038; Photograph: 6 October 2014
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