Statue of Lübeck's Turner
The Memorial for the Lübeck Turners fallen in the First World War, located at Wallstraße, Sportplatz Buniamshof, Lübeck, stands as a silent witness of the past and a symbol of the importance of the Lübeck Turners in the First World War.
The memorial, a slender, cone-shaped stone stele, was designed by sculptor Hans Schwegerle. The lower third of the stele features a cross and the inscription "THEIR / DEAD / 1914 / 1919 / LVEBECKS / TURNERS." The tip of the stele ends in a ball on which the double eagle of the Lübeck city coat of arms sits.
Hans Schwegerle, the sculptor of the memorial, studied sculpture at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin from 1974 to 1979. After his studies, he deepened his knowledge of stonemasonry techniques in Poio, Spain.
Guillermo Steinbrüggen, another artist who worked on the memorial, was born in Vigo, Spain, in 1952 and moved to Germany in 1965. He too graduated as a master student from the Hochschule der Künste Berlin. In addition to his work on the memorial, Steinbrüggen has a diverse artistic background, having worked in Spain with poster and wall painting, film, and stage images.
Eberhard Linke, an artist, designed the sculpture of the double eagle at Buniamshof.
Besides his artistic activity, Hans Schwegerle was involved in art pedagogical projects. In 1985, he returned to Lübeck and set up a studio on the Hof Kaninchenberg in Lübeck-Eichholz.
The memorial can be found on the Art in Public Space Lübeck website and on Google Maps for easy location. The memorial was erected by the Lübeck Turnerschaft von 1854 in the early 1920s. It serves as a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by the Lübeck Turners during the First World War.
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