Walter Volland

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Pied Piper Glockenspiel
Grave site in Goslar

Walter Volland (born August 2, 1898 in Greiffenberg , Lower Silesia , † September 7, 1980 in Goslar ) was a German sculptor and art teacher.

Life

Before the Second World War , Volland was a teacher at the Bad Warmbrunn wood carving school .

After his family had fled from Bad Warmbrunn in Lower Silesia , he settled in Goslar in 1945 and contributed a lot to the enrichment of the townscape and its surroundings with his works of art. His funny figures of the pied piper on the glockenspiel of the Hamelin “wedding house” based on the design of the Brunswick puppeteer Professor Harro Siegel are well known .

literature

  • The culmination of artistic maturity - sculptor Walter Volland was 65 years old. In: Löwenberger Heimatgrüße. Issue 15/1963.
  • Sculptor Walter Volland. In: Löwenberger Heimatgrüße. Issue 14/1968.
  • Sculptor Walter Volland tells: Life memories. In: Löwenberger Heimatgrüße. Issue 09-10 / 1973.
  • The sculptor Walter Volland 80 years old. In: Löwenberger Heimatgrüße. Issue 10/1978.
  • Sculptor Walter Volland writes on his 80th birthday: Family and ancestors. In: Löwenberger Heimatgrüße. Issue 10/1978.
  • Elsbeth Siebenbürger, U. Müller : Walter Volland. In: Goslar artists and artisans. Volume 6, Museum Association Goslar (Ed.)
  • Gustav H. Piehler: The sculptor Walter Volland. In: Carolinum - historical-literary magazine. No. 62, 1972.
  • Willy Heier: Kurt Jan Blisch, Braunschweig; Walter Volland, Goslar . City administration Goslar (ed.), 1958, DNB 451901282 .
  • Fritz Creutzfeldt: Sculptor Walter Volland, Goslar, in memory. In: Our Harz. Journal for local history, customs and nature. Issue 01, Verlag Fischer & Thielbar, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 1981.

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personal data
SURNAME Volland, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Greiffenberg , Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1980
Place of death Goslar