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Ernst der Bekenner

Ernest the Confessor

Ernst I., Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg
Uelzen 1497 - 1546
Prince of Lüneburg; champion of the Protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation
(Wikipedia)

Waldemar Otto
1992

Description

Bronze bust on a bronze column with the name "herzog ernst der bekenner" and the inscription "DAS WORT SIE SOLLEN LASSEN STAN" (The Word they still shall let remain) from the Reformation hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"

Sculptor

Waldemar Otto (Petrikau/Polen 1929 - Worpswede 2020), German sculptor in Worpswede near Bremen (Website & – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Stadt Celle, Denkmäler.

Locatie (N 52°37'27" - E 10°4'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens438; Photograph: 7 August 2016
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