Eutinian Roland
The Eutin Roland is a Roland figure in Eutin (in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein ). The Eutin Roland is located at (or in) Eutin Castle . There is a copy immured in the outer wall next to the entrance - the original is immured on the ground floor of the Eutin Castle near the castle chapel .
In addition to the Wedeler Roland and the Bad Bramstedter Roland, it is one of the three Rolande preserved in Schleswig-Holstein .
figure
The sculpture is 118 cm high - the figure itself measures 93 cm and 25 cm on the base. It is a sandstone figure of a man with a full beard , standing on a plinth (on which there is the inscription "1583") , who - barefoot - is dressed in a soldier's coat and cloak and wears a crown . In his right hand he holds a sword (the original in the castle is not (anymore)) and in his left hand an imperial orb . Below the figure (the copy) is an empty board. Next to the figure is a wall anchor that appears as a cross.
history
The year 1583 mentioned in the base inscription is assumed to be the date of origin of the figure. As a sign of municipal jurisdiction, the figure is believed to have originally been located at the old Eutin town hall on the market square (another possibility is that it was located by the court column ). When the old town hall was demolished in 1773, the figure was probably removed and taken to the building in the forecourt of the Eutin Castle, which the council used as alternative quarters. It is likely to have remained there when the council moved into the newly built town hall in 1791.
In the 19th century , the forecourt of the palace was torn down - the figure was probably inserted into the exterior wall of the palace.
(This explains why the sign of the municipal jurisdiction is on the castle of the Lübeck prince-bishops later (grand) dukes .)
The figure is mentioned for the first time in the lectures by Pastor Heinrich Aye , published in 1891/92 as the book From Eutin's Past Days - whereby the latter interprets the figure as a bishop ( Eberhard von Holle ).
In 1900, triggered by a storm, the figure fell into the moat of the castle, from which it was recovered. In order to protect the figure from further weathering , Grand Duke Friedrich August II of Oldenburg had a copy made in 1905, walled it into the outer wall of the castle and the original walled into an inner wall of the castle near the castle chapel .
In 1930/31 the Schleswig-Holstein state curator Richard Haupt describes the figure as Roland der as Kaiser ( Charlemagne ) - referring to the attributes sword and cape as well as crown and orb - the orb replaces the shield that is otherwise often shown .
swell
- Klaus Franck - The Eutin Roland; in: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde ( Heimatverband Eutin ), Eutin 1992 (pages 69–74)
- Ernst-Günther Prühs - The Eutin pillory and the Roland. A still unanswered question of the city's history; in: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde (Heimatverband Eutin), Eutin 1997 (page 113–119)
- Jürgen Vogler - Ostholstein yesterday; Heide 2007 - in it: "Errwege des Eutiner Roland"
- Information on eutin.de
Coordinates: 54 ° 8 ′ 15.7 ″ N , 10 ° 37 ′ 12 ″ E