Anna column (Düren)
The Anna column in Düren ( Germany ) is a listed sculpture .
The most historic square Altenteich established sandstone group of St. Anne , the patron saint of the city, with Mary's Child - Anna Statue (formerly a statue of Mary from the year 1770) - has a long history.
After the old and z. The currently ailing statue of the Virgin Mary from the year 1770 was made by Edmund Renard the Elder on September 7, 1882 . Ä. 1882 and the executed design by Heinrich Wiethase, the new statue of Anna was inaugurated, opened and unveiled on May 25, 1884. In contrast to the time before 1945, the new statue of Anna had a total height of 8.62 meters.
The memorial was erected on the occasion of Dechant Vaßen's jubilee as a priest . During the air raid on Düren on November 16, 1944, it was partially destroyed and rebuilt on June 2, 1950.
The square in front of the Anna column was named "Pfarrer-Köttgen-Platz" on January 9, 2013 after the long-time pastor of St. Anna Heinrich Köttgen .
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments, Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag 2005, p. 276.
Individual evidence
- ^ Anna column ( memento of March 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), City of Düren, accessed on February 21, 2014
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 2 " N , 6 ° 28 ′ 51" E