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Denkmal für Direktoren der Ratsfreischule

Monument to Directors of the Town's Free School

Karl Gottlieb Plato & Johann Christian Dolz

Hermann Knaur & Georg Weidenbach
1894

Leipzig / Denkmal für Direktoren der Ratsfreischule

Description

Three-sided obelisk made of red granite, with at the base two portrait medaillons and a dedication plaque.
The 'Ratsfreischule' was the first municipal, tuition-free primary schools in Leipzig. Initially, children of destitute parents were taught here. The erection of the memorial to mark the anniversary was financed by the former pupils. The sculptor Hermann Knaur, once a pupil of the Ratsfreischule himself, and the architect Georg Weidenbach were responsible for the design. Since Knaur dated his wirk woth 1865 - and died in 1872 - the execution of the monument had obviously been planned and in preparation for some time.

Leipzig - Denkmal für Direktoren der Ratsfreischule
karl gottlieb plato
Karl Gottlieb Plato (Halbau [now Iłowa] 1757 - Leipzig 1833), German educator (Wikipedia).
johann chr. dolz
Johann Christian Dolz (Golßen, Niederlausitz 1769 - Leipzig 1843), German educator and Protestant hymn writer (Wikipedia).

Inscription(s)

zur feier des
100 jährigen bestehens
DER RATHSFREISCHULE
zu leipzig
den ersten directoren
PLATO und DOLZ
von alten schülern und
schülerinnen errichtet
16 april 1892

For the celebration of the
100th anniversary
of the Town's Free School
in Leipzig,
to the first directors
PLATO and DOLZ
errected by old
pupils
16 april 1892

Signature

H. Knaur fec: 1865; gegossen u. patiniert / M. Fritze Berlin (not photographed)

Sculptors

Hermann Knaur (Leipzig 1811 - Leipzig 1872), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Georg Weidenbach (Dresden 1853 - Leipzig 1928), German architect (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Architektur-Blicklicht, Brunnen & Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Leipzig-Zentrum.

Locatie (N 51°20'18" - E 12°22'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn105; Photograph: 4 September 2022
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