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Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Statue of Balderich

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Statue of Balderich

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Statue of Balderich

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Rinaldini

January 8, 2022

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It is possible that Balderich came from the Utrecht area and is identical to Balderich, a "nobleman of the empire", who had the first monastery church built on the Gladbach Abteiberg around 800 and is therefore considered to be the founder of the later city of Mönchengladbach. The place and the monastery church were later destroyed by the Hungarians in 954.

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Franz Josef Klingen

August 28, 2023

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Balderich, a "nobleman of the empire", had the first monastery church built on Gladbach's abbey hill around 800 and is therefore considered the founder of the later city of Mönchengladbach.

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August 19, 2018

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commissioned by Hermann Piecq, Emil Hollweg, born in 1882 in Fliethstraße in Mönchengladbach, created the statue in 1912 in front of the town hall. Before that, Hollweg, who had become …

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