Helmcke monument

Portrait - Relief Helmcke by Friedrich Adolf Sötebier

The Helmcke monument on Herrenhäuser Allee at the corner of Schneiderberg, renewed by various artists in 1950

The Helmcke monument in Hanover honors the master baker and grain merchant Johann Gerhard Helmcke (1750–1824), who saved Herrenhäuser Allee in Georgengarten from being deforested at the beginning of the 19th century . The monument is located on Nienburger Strasse in Georgengarten at the level of Schneiderberg Street on the corner of the Franziusinstitut .

1928 was a monument with Helmcke Portrait - Relief in Georgengarten set. After this in the Second World War had been destroyed, the sculptor created Friedrich Adolf Soetebier 1950 a new portrait medallion , which on a limestone column of another artist mounted is.

Web links

Commons : Johann Gerhard Helmcke (Friedrich Adolf Sötebier)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Memorial stone for Johann Gerhard Helmcke, 1750-1822 ?, "the savior of the Herrenhäuser Allee", Hanover - Herrenhausen (Hanover) in the photo archive Photo Marburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Klaus Mlynek : Helmcke, Johann Gerhard. In: Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 162 and others, online via Google books
2. ↑ ^{a b} see this photo of the monument
3. ↑ see this artist's signature

Coordinates: 52 ° 23 ′ 4.9 "  N , 9 ° 42 ′ 44.6"  E