Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Beschreibung / Description

The building was designed in 1892 by Constantin Uhde (1836-1905) for the Löbbecke & Co banking house. Its façade decoration is based on the Weser Renaissance repertoire of forms. The richly structured and ornamented building bears a sundial in the upper gable rectangle. A frieze shows thirteen portrait medaillons of the Löbbecke famliy. On the gable triangle, the future-oriented technical achievements of steam power and electricity appear in a victorious pose as allegories of the industrial age.

Thirteen members of the Löbbecke family

Facing An der Martinikirche

Joh. Melchior Löbbecke	Joh. Hermann Löbbecke *1727 † 1793	Carl Friedrich Löbbecke *1751 † 1813	Carl Diedrich Löbbecke *1768 † 1839
Carl Heinrich Löbbecke *1768 † 1832	Ludwig Löbbecke *1778 † 1852	Friedrich Löbbecke *1783 † 1847	Eduard Löbbecke *1795 † 1870

Facing Scharrnstraße

Otto Löbbecke *1826(/td>

Julius Löbbecke *1823 † 1879

Arthur Löbbecke *1823 † 1850

Alfred Löbbecke *1855

Dr.jur. Friedrich Löbbecke *1878 † 1907

Genealogical table The depicted family members are in a yellow box

Allegories

Mercurius' head

Electricity

Steam power

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Bankhaus Löbbecke.
• Stadt Braunschweig, Tourismus, Kulturdenkmale.
• Das Bankhaus von Gebrüder Löbbecke & Co. in Braunschweig (Braunschweig 1893) (PDF online).
• Frank Heidermanns Löbbecke (genealogy).

Stichworte / Tags

• Town: Braunschweig
• Kreis: Stadt Braunschweig
• Land: Niedersachsen
• Country: Germany
• Electricity
• Löbbecke family
• Mercurius / Hermes
• Steam power

Lage / Location (N 52°15'46" - E 10°30'56") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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