List of works of art in public space in Wesel
The list of works of art in public space in Wesel gives an overview of art in public space , including sculptures , sculptures , landmarks and other works of art in Wesel , Wesel district . There is no claim to completeness.
Works of art in Wesel
designation | Location | coordinate | built | Artist | Remarks | image |
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Donkey from Wesel | Berliner-Tor-Platz | 51 ° 39 '24.9 " N , 6 ° 37' 20.6" E | 1994 | Boniface Stirnberg | The bronze, ears, lower jaw and tail are posable and can give the donkey a slanted appearance. Unfortunately, the parts of the body are already pretty messed up and no longer stay in position. | |
111 donkeys for Wesel | Urban area | VA | colored plastic donkey | |||
Peter Minuit Monument | Traffic island on Moltkestrasse | 51 ° 39 '20.9 " N , 6 ° 37' 21.1" E | Hermann Kunkler | Bronze, height: 4 m | ||
Caps on Klompe | Wesel-Büderich, market square | Manni halls | ||||
Weird birds | Rhine promenade | 51 ° 39 '27.2 " N , 6 ° 35' 43.1" E | Kuno Lange | steel | ||
Adam and Eve | Wesel-Feldmark, Am Tannenhäuschen, Lower Rhine Sculpture Park | Anja Weinberg | Wood | |||
Time is running | Wesel-Feldmark, Am Tannenhäuschen, Lower Rhine Sculpture Park | Lollo Tomic | ||||
Carillon | Wesel-Feldmark, Am Tannenhäuschen, Lower Rhine Sculpture Park | |||||
Expansions | Wesel, Employment Agency, Reeser Landstrasse 61 | 51 ° 40 ′ 20.9 " N , 6 ° 36 ′ 27.5" E | 1988/1989 | Ansgar Nierhoff | Square design, steel, ball, rod, surface | |
Soaring birds | Ritterstrasse 1, Labor Court | 51 ° 39 ′ 30.6 " N , 6 ° 36 ′ 50" E | 1956 | Hans Peter Feddersen (sculptor) | metal | |
Two equal in size | Franz Etzel-Platz, main station | 51 ° 39 '23.3 " N , 6 ° 37' 30.9" E | 1990/1991 | Edgar Gutbub | Stainless steel, acrylic paint | |
Memorial for the missing and prisoners | Franz Etzel-Platz, main station | 51 ° 39 '22.5 " N , 6 ° 37' 32.2" E | 1955 | Memorial made of column blocks from the destroyed Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, a barbed wire wreath and a bowl. In the first few years, a flame was lit in this for the day of national mourning. | ||
Veselia hospitalis | Leyensplatz, corner of Goldstrasse and Brückstrasse | 51 ° 39 '25.7 " N , 6 ° 36' 49.4" E | 1990/1991 | Victoria Bell | Oak wood
The sculpture was dismantled in 2019 with the artist's consent. |
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Pedestrian parking | OFFICE KOORTS | |||||
Heresbach monument | Goldstrasse / Pastor-Boelitz-Strasse | 51 ° 39 ′ 23.9 " N , 6 ° 36 ′ 43.5" E | 1997 | Kuno Lange | Bronze, monument to the humanist and prince tutor Konrad Heresbach (1496–1576) | |
Memorial to the victims of war and tyranny | Lipperheystraße / Caspar-Baur-Straße, near the old cemetery | 51 ° 39 '42.9 " N , 6 ° 37' 18.7" E | 1964 | Hans van Breek | ||
Memorial in memory of the murdered citizens of Wesel of the Jewish faith | Park at Willibrordi Cathedral, Pastor-Boelitz-Straße | 51 ° 39 '24.5 " N , 6 ° 36" 33.8 " E | 1988 | Hans-Joachim Gramsch | The memorial commemorates the pogrom night in 1938 and the destruction of the synagogue near the Willibrordi cathedral | |
Memorial GDR transit camp | Gerhart-Hauptmann-Strasse | 51 ° 39 '10.8 " N , 6 ° 37' 1.9" E | It is reminiscent of the camp for GDR refugees. In 1959 a transit settlement was built due to the political situation in East Germany. After the wall was built, the camp was closed. |
See also
- List of works of art in public space in the Ruhr area
- List of works of art in public space in the Wesel district
Web links
Commons : Sculptures in Wesel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Petra Herzog: Wesel: Wooden sculpture "Vesalia hospitalis" remains in the depot. April 30, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 (German).