Historic gate pillars (Aurich)

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The two monuments at the western entrance to the pedestrian zone. Athena is shown on the left and Bellona on the right.

The historic gate pillars from 1705 in the East Frisian district town of Aurich ( Aurich district , Lower Saxony ) have flanked the western entrance of the Aurich pedestrian zone since 1976. They once stood in the entrance area of ​​the princely pleasure garden in Julianenburg .

description

The statue of Bellona with the monogram of Christian Eberhard

Johann Mehne made the two baroque statues out of sandstone. They rest on tall Doric columns . On the left you can see the Greek goddess of wisdom , strategy and struggle , art , craft and handicraft, Athena , who can be recognized by her attributes owl and war robe . On the right side the Roman goddess of war Bellona is depicted, who can be identified by her attributes helmet, sword and lance. Bellona bears the count's coat of arms in her shield, while the shield of Pallas Athene is decorated with the princely monogram of Christian Eberhard depicted in baroque ornate mirror writing .

history

The two monuments were never part of a city gate. The two-storey Hadewig Gate , which was demolished around 1700, stood at the current location of the historic gate pillars . Prince Christian Eberhard ordered the two statues on July 17, 1705 for 300 Reichstaler as a replacement for the wooden entrance portal of the princely pleasure garden in Julianenburg, which he had only commissioned in 1698 for 300 Dutch guilders . The Bremen sculptor and stonemason Johann Mehne then made pillars and statues. The delivery of the two statues was delayed several times. In 1708 (the year Christian Eberhard died) they were finally erected on a drawbridge that connected the palace district with the Julianenburger Park. When the park was divided up in 1765, the two statues were moved to Burgstrasse, where they were given a new location as the so-called Burgthor at the level of the Alte Wache . They stayed there until the mid-1960s before they were installed at the entrance to the modern Julianenparkanlage. With the opening of the Aurich pedestrian zone in November 1974, they were given their current location at its western entrance.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ designation according Aurich.de: sights. Historic gate pillars ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 15, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aurich.de
  2. ↑ a b c d Jana Hampel: Art in the City . In: Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport. State events office (publisher): Lower Saxony Book 2011 . Hameln 2011. DNB 017491932 . P. 90.
  3. ↑ a b c d Hinrich Schoolmann: Our dear little town - A walk through the old Aurich , Verlag AHF Dunkmann KG, Aurich 1975, DNB 780061063 . P. 68
  4. ↑ a b Edel Marzinek-Späth, Martin Stromann (photos): Aurich - Das Stadtbuch . Verlag SKN, Norden 2003, ISBN 3-928327-58-5 . P. 71

Coordinates: 53 ° 28 ′ 9.2 "  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 39.5"  E