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Wittekind Monument Herford
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Cooli 🆒77🦀
October 19, 2022
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A new Wittekind memorial was created in Herford in 1959, as the previous one had fallen victim to the war. Like many things in connection with the well-known Duke of …
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•Cooli 🆒77🦀
October 19, 2022
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Other Wittekind statues:
A Wittekind statue can also be found in Nienburg, but it is by no means as important as the Wittekind monument in Herford.
The Wittekindsburg in Wallenhorst …
A Wittekind statue can also be found in Nienburg, but it is by no means as important as the Wittekind monument in Herford.
The Wittekindsburg in Wallenhorst …
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Klaus aus Lemgo
April 21, 2020
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The statue is the only oversized Wittekind monument in Germany. It stands on Wilhelmsplatz in Herford and is reminiscent of the Saxon Duke Wittekind. He was the Duke of Saxony who led the split tribes of the Saxons united against the Franks in battle. The fountain describes the miracle of the spring through which the half-dying Wittekind became a Christian and submitted to his superior enemy, the Frankish king Charlemagne.
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