Egestorff Monument

Worker figures " Ores , technology , lime " and portrait - medallion by Johann Egestorff

The Egestorff monument in Hanover has been a reminder of Johann Egestorff since 1935 , who with his company created the basis for the industrialization of the former village of Linden and the city of Hanover. The memorial is in the Linden-Süd district , below the former eastern quarries of Lindener Berg , west of Am Spielfelde street , near the Lindener Stadium .

description

The Egestorff Monument was built in 1935 from sandstone by the sculptor Georg Herting . The large rectangular block consists of three horizontally stacked parts.

On the west side is one in the block relief - medallion embedded with a portrait of Egestorff, including the inscription: "Johann Egestorff, founder of Linden Industry, 1772 - 1834".

On two opposite sides of the block bears reliefs with three worker figures each , which stand for the industrial extraction and utilization of raw materials and are denoted more precisely by inscriptions: on the south side " iron - salt - coal ", on the north side " ores - technology - Lime ".

The east side of the monument bears another relief, a beehive (as a symbol of hard work) with the inscription "Unity makes you strong" and the inscription " Work brings blessings , joy, honor, bread ."

The artist's signature can also be found on the base on the east side of the block : “G. Herting Fec. 1935. "

See also

• Street art in Hanover
• List of architectural monuments in Linden-Limmer

literature

• Egestorff Monument. In: Helmut Zimmermann : Hannover in your pocket. Buildings and monuments from A to Z . 2nd edition, Feesche, Hannover 1988, ISBN 3-87223-046-8 , p. 30.
• Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Egestorff, (2) Johann. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 145.
• Torsten Bachmann : Linden trees. Forays through history. Sutton, Erfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-95400-112-5 , p. 79. ( limited preview in the Google book search)

Web links

Commons : Egestorffdenkmal_ (Hannover)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the playing field. In: Helmut Zimmermann: The street names of the state capital Hanover. Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 21.

Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 41.1 ″  N , 9 ° 42 ′ 33.1 ″  E