Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Column with reliefs showing historical scenes from the town of Gladbeck. It starts at ground level with the wild horses on the Gladebeke from early history, and continues with the Bronze Age urn finds in Ellinghorst, the earliest settlements, the mighty half-timbered houses of the Saxon and Carolingian times, the Christianization, the old onion-domed village church, the Haus Wittringen in the 13th century, Johann Heinrich Riesener in the laurel wreath of world fame, the winding towers and chimneys from the mining era, the ruined city at the end of World War II and it ends at the top with rows of skyscrapers where the artist critically questions the future of his hometown.

St. Lambertus, town patron of Gladbeck	Johann Heinrich Riesener (Gladbeck 1734 - Paris 1806), cabinetmaker.
Skyscrapers at the top

Information Sign

Sculptor

• Gottfried Kappen (Recklinghausen 1906 - Kirchhellen 1981), German sculptor from Gladbeck (Heimatverein Gladbeck).

Sources & Information

• Kunstmeile zwischen Rathaus und Jovyplatz (PDF on-line).

Tags

• Town: Gladbeck
• Kreis: Kr. Recklinghausen
• Land: Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Country: Germany
• Cabinetmaker
• History Sculpture
• Kappen, Gottfried
• Lambert of Maastricht, St.
• Riesener, Johann Heinrich

Locatie (N 51°34'20" - E 6°59'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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