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Bingen am Rhein
Lkr. Mainz-Bingen
Rheinland-Pfalz

Hindenburganlage

Großherzog Ludwig IV. von Hessen und bei Rhein

Louis IV Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

(Bessungen 1837 - Darmstadt 1892)
Grandduke of Hesse and by Rhine, 1877-1892
(Wikipedia)

Hans Dammann
Bronzegießerei Gladenbeck (Friedrichshagen bei Berlin)
1913

Bingen am Rhein / Großherzog Ludwig IV. von Hessen und bei Rhein

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze statue of Grand Duke Ludwig IV in artillery uniform as the "leader of the Hessian Division that in 1870, at the railroad embankment close to Gravelot, heroically withstood volleys of French grapeshot, the leader at left keeping the binoculars in his rapier belt, remaining in a serene posture, in a soldierly, plain and composed manner" (Mittelrheinische Volkszeitung, 26 June 1913) (on information panel).

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

LUDWIG IV.

GROSSHERZOG von HESSEN u. bei RHEIN

Signed: hans dammann / grunewald-berlin
aktien-gesellschaft gladenbeck / berlin-friedrichshagen

Künstler*in / Artist

Hans Dammann (Proskau, Silesia, 1867 - Berlin 1942), German sculptor in Berlin-Grunewald (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz (Hrsg.): Nachrichtliches Verzeichnis der Kulturdenkmäler Kreis Mainz-Bingen (Koblenz 2011) (PDF on-line).

Lage / Location (N 49°58'11" - E 7°53'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: derp218; Photograph: 1 October 2012
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