Gottfried Schadow’s statue of Luther in Wittenberg town square. As the photographs below show, this statue stands before the Rathaus (or Town Hall) — appropriate in a city whose name is now Lutherstadt Wittenburg. [Click on thumbnails for larger images.]
Left: The canopy over the statue. Left: The Rathaus appears at left and the Stadtkirche (City Church) behind.
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Photographs 2015 by George P. Landow. [You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Last modified 28 May 2011