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Bergleute in der Waschkaue - Ötte und Willem

Miners in the Washroom - Ötte and Willem

Heide Friede-Kinalzik
1984

Steele / Bergleute in der Waschkaue - Ötte und Willem

Beschreibung / Description

Sculpture group of two miners. One is in the shower and the other sits on a low wall. Their stuff is on the wall next to him. It is placed at the edge of a fountain (which was not working when we visited the place).

Essen-Steele - Bergleute in der Waschkaue - Ötte und Willem

Informationsschild / Information Sign

beim steeler
stadtfest
im mai 1987
wurden durch
frau renate
reuschenbach
als patin die
beiden bergleute
auf die namen
ötte und willem
getauft.

At the Steele
town festival
in May 1987
were - by
Mrs. Renate
Reuschenbach
as godmother - the
both miners
baptized
with the names
Ötte and Willem.

Bergleute in der Waschkaue
Bronze

Heide Friede-Kinalzik
1984

Künstler*in / Artist

Heide Friede-Kinalzik (Boitzenburg 1950), German sculptor, graphic artist and illustrator from Goch.

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste von Brunnen in Essen.
Skulpturen Kulturraum NRW, Essen.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 51°26'53" - E 7°4'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw955; Photograph: 31 July 2022
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