Wotan - Hannover, Germany
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Wotan monument behind the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hannover
Waymark Code: WMWHFC
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany
Date Posted: 09/07/2017
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The Wotan monument behind the Lower Saxony State Museum was created by Friedrich Wilhelm Engelhard from limestone and shows the Nordic god with his wolves Geri and Freki.
1901 it was put up for the first time, 1943 dismantled. Wotan has been back in Hanover since 1987.
Wotan (southern Germanic name, in northern Germanic it means Odin) is the god of war and the dead, but also god of poetry and runes, of magic and ecstasy.
Associated Religion(s): Germanic mythology
Statue Location: behind the Lower Saxony State Museum
Entrance Fee: free
Artist: Friedrich Wilhelm Engelhard
Website: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the statue. A waymarker and/or GPSr is not required to be in the image but it doesn't hurt.