Rüdenstein
The Rüdenstein is a state-owned monument in Leichlingen , on the direct city limit to Solingen near the Solingen courtship of male dogs .
The monument
On May 26, 1927, Ascension Day of the year, the monument was unveiled on the slope opposite the Obenrüdener Kotten . The initiator was the Aries Beautification Association . The metal artist and industrial designer F. Otto Hoppe from Solingen was commissioned with the design and execution. The dog figure comes from the Elberfeld company Pollmann & Stupp and is made of artificial stone (ground shell limestone ). The base was made by the Solingen master mason Karl Groh. The council of the municipality of Witzhelden , in whose municipality the site of the monument was located, strictly rejected a financial contribution, but introduced a dog tax shortly after the inauguration in the municipality .
For the inauguration in 1927, over 1000 guests came in a procession from Unterwiddert into the valley. This was accompanied by the Solingen city band and the drum corps of the Höhscheider volunteer fire brigade . In 1986 the Rüdenstein was entered in the list of monuments in Leichlingen . It is located in the western part of the Bergisches Land Nature Park . On May 4, 2002, a detailed article about the Rüdenstein appeared in the Solinger Tageblatt on the occasion of the 75th anniversary .
Restorations
The first renovation took place in 1950. In 1972 another renovation was arranged by the Heimat- und Beautification Association Rüden-Friedrichstal eV , the Solingen Beautification Association and the Solingen Hunters' Association . Due to severe weathering, the last restoration to date followed in 1994, initiated by the Rüden-Friedrichstaler Heimat- und Beautification Association and the city of Leichlingen on behalf of the State Building Authority of Cologne.
The legend
According to legend, Robert von Berg, a young duke from the Duchy of Berg , was on the hunt for a stag at Christmas 1424. In the impassable snow, the rider falls from his horse on a precipice in the Wupperhof area and injures himself. His companion, the male , hurries after the hunting party, which is already on the way back to Burg Castle . This follows the excited barking of the stray dog so that the young duke can be saved.
At that time, Adolf VII was the Duke of Berg , Robert von Berg is not mentioned in the family sequence. The legend has been passed down by Otto Schell and Vinzenz Jakob von Zuccalmaglio .
Web links
- Article in the Solinger Tageblatt (from April 1, 1999)
- Legends, dogs, males and a memorial
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rüdenstein on www.leichlingen.de. Retrieved April 14, 2015 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 39 ″ N , 7 ° 4 ′ 41 ″ E