"Denkmal für Johann Gottfried Seume" 1864

Victor von Meyenburg

Memorial for Johann Gottfried Seume

Bronze, sandstone

Design of the new stele: August Traupe

Sponsor: Hermann Allmers (portrait image) and the artists’ society of Bremen (frame and inscription)

The memorial for the author Johann Gottfried Seume was inaugurated on the 12^th June 1864. The portrait medallion made from bronze (frame made from light grey granite) was originally affixed to the workers’ house on Auf Der Herrlichkeit. After the destruction of war, a new cast from bronze of the plaque was created based on a model of the original. The work was placed on a stone stele as a self-contained memorial on the 23^rd July 1963.

1^st Inscription: Johann Gottfried Seume was saved from his prosecutors by citizens of Bremen in 1783

2^nd Inscription: Johann Gottfried Seume 1763-1810 (front face);

In 1783 the poet was saved on his flight by citizens of Bremen (rear face).

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