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Orpheus and Eurydice Sculpture

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Orpheus and Eurydice Sculpture

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    October 31, 2021

    Hiking

    The sculptures on the banks of the Alster are an asset - not just for a Sunday walk. And depending on the season and the weather, they offer a new perspective.
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    September 15, 2023

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    The successful Hamburg sculptor Ursula Querner died of cancer in 1969 at the age of just 48. She created her bronze sculpture "Orpheus and Eurydice" based on the well-known Greek legend in 1958 as a commissioned work for the Averhoffstrasse retirement home in Uhlenhorst. A second cast was in the Wallanlagen for the IGA Hamburg in 1963 and was moved to the Alsterpark in 1971, partially destroyed in October 2011 and restored in July 2012.
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    February 10, 2020

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    The so-called Orpheus group by the Hamburg sculptor Ursula Querner (1921-1969) is one of the most popular monuments of the Hamburgers. Set up directly on the Alster hiking trail and well known to all walkers, cyclists and joggers. Created in 1958, it originally stood from 1963 on the occasion of the international garden exhibition in the ramparts and since 1971 at the current location in Alsterpark. Until in October 2011, metal thieves struck and sawed the Eurydice to its feet and robbed her Orpheus. Orpheus was also damaged, but was able to maintain its place.
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