Goldener Rathausmann (Dresden)
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The Golden City Hall Man is a sculpture on the tower of the New City Hall in Dresden . It symbolizes Hercules , who pours out his horn of plenty with one hand and points with the raised hand to the beauties of the city at his feet.
The sculpture was designed by the Dresden sculptor Richard Guhr and installed on April 12, 1908 on the tower of the New Town Hall. The figure is 5.05 meters high from the base to the crown, weighs 1750 kg and is made entirely of copper. It was originally gilded directly on the copper with 100 grams of gold leaf . Ewald Redam , who in 1907 was the reigning Saxon champion in heavyweight and eight-fighter, was the model for the design.
Because of the posture of the 2.10 m long right arm of the sculpture, which is reminiscent of the Hitler salute , after the Second World War there were some discussions about removing the sculpture, mainly from non-residents, but unsuccessful.
In 1963 the sculpture was restored on site and an oil base gilding was applied. In view of the 800th anniversary of the city in the summer of 2006 and because of the strong rusting of the inner frame of the figure, it was removed from the town hall tower on August 20, 2004 for a complete restoration. The company Haber & Brandner carried out the restoration at its Berlin location. 520 grams of 23.75- carat gold leaf worth 10,000 euros, so-called quadruple gold , was applied, a new inner frame made of stainless steel was installed, broken parts were replaced and dents and 19 bullet holes from wartime were removed. The entire renovation cost the city of Dresden 230,000 euros. The town hall man was put back on the tower of the New Town Hall on July 1, 2006 after a multi-day exhibition on the ground floor.
literature
- Volker Gawol, Peter Trappen: The Golden City Hall Man in Dresden . Dresden Book, Dresden 2008, ISBN 978-3-9812287-0-0 .
Web links
- The golden town hall man ( Memento from June 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) - brochure published by the city of Dresden (PDF, 1.2 MiB)
- Entry to the golden Rathausmann on dresden-und-sachsen.de (caution: page not exist message)
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 53 ″ N , 13 ° 44 ′ 28 ″ E