Apple thief

The apple thief was a monument in Königsberg that stood on the Evabrunnen in the old town market.

history

The bronze apple thief was the work of Stanislaus Cauer . The bronze sculpture depicted a girl with an apple in her hand. The work was created in 1906 and was first placed on the horse market, but later in front of the Old Town Hall . Cauer's daughter Clara is said to have acted as a model for the sculpture. Nothing is known about the whereabouts after 1945.

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literature

• Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings . Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
• Fritz Gause : The history of the city of Königsberg in Prussia. 3 volumes. 2nd / 3rd supplemented edition. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1996, ISBN 3-412-08896-X .
• Baldur Köster: Königsberg. Architecture from the German era . Husum Druck, Husum 2000, ISBN 3-88042-923-5 .

Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′ 32.1 "  N , 20 ° 30 ′ 39.1"  E