Henner and Frieder
Henner and Frieder two in the Westphalian city of Siegen standing, 1902 by the sculptor Friedrich Reusch created statues . The sculptures of bronze casting provide a miner ( "Henner") and a Hüttemann represents ( "Frieder").
history
The two life-size bronze sculptures cast by the Berlin foundry Schäffer & Walker were created by Reusch for the 1902 industrial and commercial exhibition in Düsseldorf . At the exhibition, the two statues formed the focus of the presentation of the Siegerland companies represented there . Henner and Frieder then passed into the possession of the city of Siegen through a donation made possible on the initiative of the Berg- und Hüttenmännischer Verein .
The artist, who had already started work on them in 1889, used two workers from the Sieghütte hammer mill as models for the two sculptures, each of whom was paid 50 marks for this. Model for the figure of the miner was from Seelbach originating Phillip Hüttenhain ; Friedrich Bingener from Dreis-Tiefenbach was the model for the sculpture of the hut man.
In the city of Siegen, the two figures were erected on September 28, 1904 on the specially reinforced central pillars of the Victory Bridge built in 1882. There they stood on plinths made of red sandstone , which the master stonemason Kögler had erected. The two bases were each provided with a motto as an inscription on the front ; On the sides of the pedestal were carved the words “Gift from the Siegerland exhibitors, Düsseldorf 1902” and “Erected by the City of Siegen 1904” . The motto on the statue base "Frieders" read "Work is the citizen's adornment, blessing is the price of effort" . At the feet of "Henners" read "Whoever wants to build a mine must trust God" . In the 1930s, both sculptures had to vacate their place temporarily because of the new construction of the Siegbrücke, which was replaced by a reinforced concrete bridge in the same place. Even before the bridge was released in March 1934, they returned to their old location in January of the same year, this time on simple stone foundations.
When the bridge was blown up by the Wehrmacht on March 31, 1945, the two sculptures fell into victory at the end of the Second World War . They were only recovered after a few weeks and then temporarily stored in the Eintracht bunker. After the restoration of the figures, which were significantly damaged by the blasting of the bridge, their way led back to the bridge a third time. There they were placed on the bridgeheads to Heeserstrasse and Siegstrasse. Due to renewed construction activity in the vicinity of the bridge, such as the construction of the city department store there and the construction of the Siegplatte river overhang , its location was relocated several times in the vicinity. Until the summer of 2012 they stood next to each other on the edge of the Siegplatte at the station bridge there.
As part of the new construction project "Siegen - to new shores" and the associated demolition of the Siegplatte, a new location was sought for Henner and Frieder . After their dismantling on August 10, 2012, the sculptures should initially be stored for about 15 months. Ultimately, however, it was not announced until September 10, 2015 that they would be set up opposite one another on the new Upper Town Bridge , which connects the Siegen Upper and Lower Towns .
literature
- Siegerland symbol figures. In: Siegener Zeitung of July 9, 2011, p. 43.
Individual evidence
- ^ Special publication of the City of Siegen, Issue 1, September 2011
- ↑ Website of the construction project "Siegen - to new shores" (accessed on September 28, 2012)
- ↑ Siegener newspaper “Henner and Frieder return” (accessed on September 4, 2015)