GutsMuths memorial

GutsMuths monument, in the background the house Pölle 22

The GutsMuths monument is a memorial to Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths , the founder of the German gymnastics movement and important reform educators.

location

The memorial is located on GutsMuths-Platz in Quedlinburg , GutsMuth's birthplace, in Saxony-Anhalt . Nearby, at Pölle 39 , is the GutsMuths birthplace . It is registered as a monument in the Quedlinburg monument register.

Design and history

The monument was erected in 1904 on what was then Mummentalplatz , which was renamed GutsMuths-Platz in 2009 . It was created by the Berlin sculptor Richard Anders and inaugurated on May 20, 1904. The foundation was made by the German gymnastics teacher association .

The memorial consists of a larger-than-life figurative representation of GutsMuth, who is shown as a wanderer accompanied by his favorite pupil Carl Ritter . Ritter is one of the founders of scientific geography and was also born in Quedlinburg. The group of figures stands on a high from granite -made pedestal . The design of the group of figures is based on the Francke monument in Halle (Saale) .

The base is octagonal at the bottom and then merges into a cylindrical shape. Originally there were four base reliefs on the memorial, separated by stylized oaks, depicting scenes from GutsMuth's life. The reliefs created in Art Nouveau style were reconstructed around 1995, but are no longer on the monument.

On the edge of the plinth, a circumferential writing refers to GutsMuths.

In 1945 the bronze plaques on the memorial were removed and replaced in 1989 on the occasion of the celebrations for GutsMuth's 200th birthday.

Trivia

In Quedlinburg it is sometimes claimed that the monument also refers to two other Quedlinburgers. GutsMuth's frock coat is an allusion to the poet Gerok and the stick in Ritter's left hand is a symbol for the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock .

literature

• Werner Bernhagen: Quedlinburg. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Beuermann, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-87584-367-3 , p. 56.
• Falko Grubitzsch in: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 1: Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer and others: Magdeburg administrative region. Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 764.
• Wolfgang Hoffmann: Quedlinburg. A guide to the world heritage city. 13th edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2010, ISBN 978-3-928977-19-7 , p. 49 f.
• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , p. 218.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Hoffmann: Quedlinburg. A guide to the world heritage city. 13th edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2010, ISBN 978-3-928977-19-7 , p. 49.
2. ↑ Hasso Storbeck, Kaiserhof ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2014 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. 
3. ↑ Manfred Mittelstaedt, Quedlinburg , Sutton Verlag Erfurt 2003, ISBN 978-3-89702-560-8 , page 34
4. ↑ Christa Rienäcker, Quedlinburger Stadtgeschichte in Daten in Festschrift 1000 Years of Market, Minting and Customs Law Quedlinburg , Ed .: Stadt Quedlinburg, 1994, page 157
5. ^ Wolfgang Hoffmann: Quedlinburg. A guide to the world heritage city. 13th edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2010, ISBN 978-3-928977-19-7 , p. 50.

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 20.5 "  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 41.7"  E