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Friesoythe
Lkr. Cloppenburg
Niedersachsen

Wasserstraße

Der Seher von Friesoythe

The Seer of Friesoythe

Theodor Caspar A.J. Wreesmann
1855 - 1941 Town clerk of Friesoythe foretold the almost complete destriction of the town in 1945

Holger Voigts
1992/2012

Description

Statue of the seer Wreesmann pointing to a model of the destroyed town.

Friesoythe - Der Seher von Friesoythe

Inscription(s)

Around the town model:

Der Stadtschreiber und Seher von Friesoythe Theodor Caspar A.J. Wreesmann (1855-1941) sah fast vollständigen Zerstörung der Stadt, die 1945 Wahrheit wurde, voraus.

Signature

Voigts

Annotation

The 1992 sculpture was stolen in July 2011 and in June 2012 replaced by a new sculpture by the same sculptor.

Sculptor

Holger Voigts (Bremen 1952), German sculptor in Bassen.

Sources & Information

Pressemeldung Niedersachsen, Friesoythe: Bürgermeister und Heimatvereinsvorsitzender enthüllen Bronzerelief.
NWZ online, "Vierfuß" und der Künstler aus Thüle.

Locatie (N 53°1'13" - E 7°51'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens304; Photograph: 8 March 2015
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