Lord Byron - Königswinter, NRW, Germany
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argus1972
N 50° 40.445 E 007° 11.550
32U E 372286 N 5615141
Monument for the British poet Lord Byron.
Waymark Code: WMWK2X
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 09/14/2017
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet, peer, politician, and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets[1] and remains widely read and influential.
Lord Byron is honored by the city of Königswinter for his poem "The castled crag of Drachenfels" (1816) with the "Lord Byron-Platz". The memorial was established in 1984.
A big commemorative table from cast iron is mounted at a row of basalt columns.
Text:
"Lord-Byron-Platz
George Gordon Noel
6. Baron Byron
*22.1.1788 +19.4.1824
Englands großer Dichter der Romantik machte Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts durch sein Gedicht ""The castled crag of Drachenfels" das Siebengebirge weltbekannt.
Die Stadt Königswinter dankt
26.8.1984"
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Location: Lord-Byron-Platz Königswinter
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