Occupational Monument - Miners - Burgberg, Germany, BY
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Tante.Hossi
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This is a monument dedicated to the miners located nearby to the town hall in Burgberg, Germany, Bayern.
Waymark Code: WMGMPG
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 03/21/2013
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This is a monument dedicated to the miners located nearby to the town hall in Burgberg, Germany, Bayern.
There's a plaque with details.
It was created by Willi Tannheimer in 2008.
The life-sized sculptures are made of bronze. It shows several miners at work between real stones.
This is the text on the plaque:
Diese Figurengruppe erinnert an den Eisenerzbau in den Jahren 1471 bis 1859 in unserer Gemeinde und stellt die gefahrvolle und harte Arbeit der Bergknappen dar.
Die Gesamtanlage wurde von Bildhauer Willi Tannheimer geschaffen.
(This group of figures is reminiscent of the iron mining in the years 1471 to 1859 in our community and represents the dangerous and hard work of the miners
The entire monument was created by the sculptor Willi Tannheimer.)
Sector of the workforce: Miners
Created or Donated by which group: Artist: Willi Tannheimer
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