Hagendenkmal

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Hagendenkmal
View from the Rhine side

The Hagendenkmal in Worms commemorates the sinking of the Nibelungen treasure in the Rhine by Hagen von Tronje . It is considered the most important "testimony to the strengthening of the reception of the Nibelung in the early 20th century" in Worms and is a listed building .

The bronze electroplating was designed by Johannes Hirt and installed in the Bürgerweide city ​​park in 1905 . It was a donation from Cornelius Wilhelm von Heyl zu Herrnsheim for the rose garden planned in the city park. In June 1932 it was moved to the base of the city crane on the banks of the Rhine .

The background of the memorial is the depiction in the Nibelungenlied that Kriemhild had begun to give away the Nibelungen treasure generously after Siegfried's death, and thus was able to win over many "poor unt rîche" . Therefore, Hagen feared that she might assemble an army behind her that could be dangerous to the Burgundians and thus to him too:

Give si nu to the poor and the rituals
then let Hagene ride whether they should live
you still want, daz si sô manegen
in ir service won daz ez in leide müese ergân. (1128 B)

During the absence of King Gunther and his entourage, Hagen, who had remained at court, stole Kriemhild's treasure and sank it in the Rhine:

Ê that the künec rîche against would have come,
die wîle hete Hagene even took the schaz vil.
he sancte in dâ ze Lôche all in the Rîn.
he should walk he should in niezen: the enkunde niht Gesîn. (1137 B)

Trivia

The city of Worms donated a miniature model of the monument as an honorary prize for the first Worms rowing regatta on June 14, 1914. The victory was won by the Mannheim rowing club Amicitia from 1876 . The model is in the side room of the club restaurant.

Web links

Commons : Hagendenkmal  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerold Bönnen (ed.): History of the city of Worms . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1679-7 . Plate 31
  2. ↑ Gerold Bönnen (ed.): History of the city of Worms . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1679-7 , p. 786 .
  3. ↑ a b Data on the history of the city of Worms. (PDF; 537 kB) Worms City Archives, accessed on July 1, 2008 .
  4. ↑ From the Rose Festival to the Backfischfest: Nibelungen Reception in Worms. Nibelungenlied Society, accessed July 1, 2008 .
  5. ↑ a b Helmut Brackert (Ed.): Das Nibelungenlied (1st part). Middle High German text and translation . 27th edition. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-596-26038-8 .
  6. ^ Chronicle of rowing in Worms. Worms Rowing Club Blau-Weiß, July 28, 1997, accessed on April 2, 2016 .
  7. ↑ http://www.worms.de/de/kultur/stadtgeschichte/wüsten-sie-es/liste/2014_01_Hagendenkmal_Modell.php

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '59.4 "  N , 8 ° 22' 37.1"  E