Bear monument (Mildensee)
The Bear Monument of Mildensee recalls the eastward expansion under Otto the Great by the Margrave Gero and was during the time of the Third Reich built.
History and description
The memorial consists of a cast metal figure of a bear with a raised right front paw on a brick base. It was erected in the center of the village in 1938.
The bear figure was presumably made in the Kurek art foundry in Mägdesprung . On the front of the base is a colored plate with the coat of arms of the House of Anhalt , on the back there is a cast plate with the inscription: “Thousand-year-old Anhalt founded in 938 by Margrave Gero”. The monument was renovated in 1999.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dessau history ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nordmann saved from oblivion ( memento from September 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 32.7 ″ N , 12 ° 17 ′ 19.2 ″ E