Bederkesaer Roland
The Bederkesaer Roland is a statue of Roland that is located in front of Bederkesa Castle in Bad Bederkesa , a town in the city of Geestland in the district of Cuxhaven .
The smallest stone Roland has a size of 1.90 meters and stands on a base of 1.45 meters. The statue shows a knight in turquoise armor of the late Renaissance . He wears a visorless, feather-adorned helmet. In his right hand he holds a drawn sword, in his left hand a shield resting on the ground showing the double-headed imperial eagle . It was created from sandstone, possibly by the Bremen sculptor Lüder von Bentheim . On the four sides of the base there are miniatures of lions with four coats of arms in their paws. The coats of arms are those of the city of Bremen as well as those of the Bremen councilors and Bederkesaer Drosten Schütte , Kreffting and Schorhar , who probably had the Roland built. The base is more recent and was made from Bremen demolition stones when the Roland was moved in 1953.
The Roland was most likely built between 1599 and 1604. In a description of the buildings of Bederkesa Castle by Drosten Koch in 1599, Roland is not mentioned. In 1604 he is shown in an engraving by Wilhelm Dilich . The Roland was probably an expression of the jurisdiction of the city of Bremen in Bederkesa. The figure was first mentioned in writing in 1736 in an inventory of the castle.
The original place of installation was the dome of the fountain house of the castle. This was canceled in 1817. The Roland was now set up in the castle garden under a walnut tree. Later he stood in front of the teacher training college established by the Prussians in 1879.
The sword was destroyed by Canadian soldiers in 1945. Repaired in 1953, its location was relocated to the market square. In 1982, after renewed repairs, it was re-erected near the castle and surrounded by a wrought-iron protective grille.
See also
Web links
- Roland statues in Germany - Bad Bederkesa on www.p-schoenfeld.de
- Bederkesaer Roland on the website of the city of Geestland
Coordinates: 53 ° 37 ′ 35.4 " N , 8 ° 50 ′ 34.8" E