Luther Monument (Hanover)
The Luther memorial in Hanover is on the right (southern) side of the main portal of the market church in the center of the city. When it was unveiled in 1900, it consisted of three figures; Only the central bronze statue of the reformer Martin Luther survived the Second World War , which is now in a reduced version.
history
The Hannoversche sculptor Carl Dopmeyer created the draft and the models for the execution ; When he died before the completion in 1899, the sculptor Ferdinand Hartzer took over the completion of the casting model for the Luther statue. The arrangement of three bronze sculptures was cast in 1900 by the AG formerly Gladenbeck & Sohn in Friedrichshagen near Berlin ; in the same year the memorial was ceremoniously unveiled on November 10th, Luther's birthday. The statue of Luther stood in the middle on a more than three meter high pedestal, on lower pedestals on his sides were seated Duchess Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen (the “Reformation Princess”) and Duke Ernst I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (“Ernst the Confessor ”) who paved the way for the Reformation in the Guelph duchies . The location was in the middle of the south side of the market church.
In 1941 the three bronze statues were supposed to be melted down for war purposes. Only the Luther statue remained intact at a gathering point in Hamburg and returned to Hanover after the end of the war. In 1952 the statue was placed on an unadorned gray plinth at what is today, a somewhat less exposed location. After the old town festival in 1976 it overturned and had to be erected again. It was completely renovated in 2001/2002.
description
The Luther monument in Hanover shows the reformer upright in the professor's gown . With his left hand he presses the closed Bible to his heart, whereby the folds of the robe indicate a previous movement. The right is raised to the oath gesture. The left foot steps on an unsealed and unfolded document, the bull of excommunication, Decet Romanum Pontificem , with which Pope Leo X. Luther excommunicated in January 1521 . The oath gesture brings to mind the moment of the refusal of revocation at the Worms Reichstag a few weeks later, which concluded with the oath-like formula God help me, Amen .
literature
- Paul Rowald : The Luther Monument in Hanover. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 21, 1901, No. 11 (from February 9, 1901), p. 71.
- Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Luther Memorial. In: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 131.
- NN : Luther Memorial. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 418 and more.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hannover City Archives , File HR 13 No. 660
- ↑ Address by city superintendent Puschmann during the re-installation in 2002 ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2006 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.
- ↑ Report before the renovation 2001 ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report of the revelation on October 31, 2002 ( Memento of the original of February 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 18 ″ N , 9 ° 44 ′ 6 ″ E