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Oldenburger Volksbank Building and Horse Statue

Oldenburger Volksbank Building and Horse Statue

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Oldenburger Volksbank Building and Horse Statue

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany

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Horst

February 12, 2024

The building at Lange Straße 8/9 was built between 1906 and 1908 by the German National Bank, Bremen, based on a design by the Bremen architects Abbehusen & Blendermann and was taken over by the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse (AOK) in 1925. The Volksbank moved into its current location at Langen Strasse 8/9 on May 27, 1957, after an administration building was built for the AOK on Gartenstrasse. The bank building has a historic facade that was extensively renovated for the centenary of the Volksbank in 2003.

The facade is characterized by various reliefs. The four lower figures in the mezzanine area, which are almost at the viewer's eye level, are particularly striking. Like the entire building, they and all other reliefs on the facade are made of natural sandstone. The four reliefs form a cycle and represent the connection to the Volksbank as one of the leading financial institutions in Oldenburg. From left to right, they show a man holding a pickaxe in his left hand and a stone, which he is examining, in his right hand (“Checking”), a bearded man with a balance (“Weighing”) and depictions of the melting process (“Melting”) and coining money (“Embossing”). In the middle of the building, as the top element of the facade, a young woman is enthroned allegorically, with her arms outstretched to the sides, holding a wreath to protect herself over the depictions of industry (on the right from the viewer's perspective) and shipping (on the left). It is also flanked by the coats of arms of Bremen and Oldenburg.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldenburger_Volksbank

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Holger

July 29, 2024

It seems to have never changed.

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Jknord

August 17, 2024

Magnificent sandstone building of the Volksbank, built between 1906 and 1908

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Oldenburger Volksbank Building and Horse Statue

1. St. Lamberti Church (Oldenburg) – Schlossplatz Oldenburg loop from Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf

2. St. Lamberti Church (Oldenburg) – Lappan Tower (Oldenburg) loop from Bümmerstede

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