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Emden
(Stadt Emden)
Stadt Emden
Niedersachsen

Auricher Straße / Landesstraße

Heinrich von Weyhe

Dissen 1830 - Emden 1887
'Kreishauptmann', promotor of the roads in the Emden and Krummhörn region.

Georg Küsthardt
c.1890-1900

Beschreibung / Description

Brick triangular obelisk with a bronze portrait medaillon.

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

kreishauptmann
HEINRICH von WEYHE
dem förderer
des wegebaues
in ostfriesland
der landkreis emden

p. freerksen - larrelt
v. von frese - hinta
w.a. fegter - drennhusen

w. herrmann oldersum
a. georgs - damhusen
b.g. tammena suurhusen

On the chamfered corners are the directions to Emden, Aurich and Pewsum indicated.

Signiert / Signature

Georg Küsthardt Hannover

Künstler*in / Artist

Georg Küsthardt (Hildesheim 1863 - Hannover 1903), German sculptor, brother of Friedrich and Helfried Küsthardt and brother-in-law of Gertrud Küsthardt-Langenhan (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Norbert Fiks, Denkmäler in Ostfriesland.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 53°23'57" - E 7°12'40") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens230; Photograph: 28 April 2014
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