Luther Monument (Norderney)

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Luther memorial in front of the Protestant island church in Norderney

The Luther Monument is a memorial on the East Frisian island of Norderney in Lower Saxony .

It is a statue of Martin Luther on a pedestal. The monument was from which Oldenburg coming sculptor and stonemason Bernhard Högl manufactured and, 400. Luther's birthday, November 10, 1883 Church Street in front of the ship of the island church erected. The dedication inscription on the base names the Lutheran island community as the donor of the monument.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER
GEB. 10 NOV. 1483
GEST. 18 FEBR. 1546
A STRONG CASTLE
IS OUR GOD		 THE
LORD WORD
BLEIBET
IN
ETERNITY
1 PETR: 1 V. 25		 DEDICATED
BY THE
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF
NORDERNEI
TO
NOV 10. 1883.		 SO WE
NOW THAT HUMAN
BEING JUSTICE WITHOUT
THE LAW
WORK BY
FAITH ALONE

Like the church and the old cemetery, the Luther monument is a listed building.

See also

literature

  • Gottfried Kiesow: Architecture Guide East Friesland . German Monument Foundation - Monuments Publications, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 .

Sources and individual references

  1. ^ Norbert Fiks: Monuments in East Friesland . Retrieved October 2, 2010.
  2. ↑ Statues Hither & Dither - Martin Luther ( English ) René & Peter van der Krogt. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ Gottfried Kiesow: Architectural Guide Ostfriesland . Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalstiftung - Monumente Publications, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , The Islands, p. 368 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 42 ′ 22.2 "  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 33.2"  E