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Johann, I., Brandenburg, Markgraf

Record IDcnp00297631

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00297631

Biographical Data1213 - 1266

Last Edit2024-02-08

More Information

Further Biographical Dataca. 1213 - 1266

ActivityPersonen der Geschichte (Politiker und historische Persönlichkeiten) (16.5p) (sswd)

CountryDeutschland

Geographic NoteDE (iso3166)

Names

HeadingJohann, I., Brandenburg, Markgraf
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Variant NameJean, I., Brandebourg, Margrave

Jean, de Brandebourg

Johannes, I., Brandenburg, Markgraf

Johannes, von Brandenburg

Sources

Found inLMA,V,508

The former Siegesallee in Berlin with the double statue commemorating the corulers of Brandenburg, Margrave John I (1213-1266) and Margrave Otto III (ca. 1215-1267), sons of Albert II and grandchildren of Otto II. The bust on the left commemorates Provost Simeon of Cölln, that on the right Marsilius de Berlin, the first documented "Schulze" (mayor) and judge of Berlin. Sculptor: Max Baumbach. The sculpture was unveiled on 22 March 1900. Spread across the knees of John I is the document granting town charters to Berlin and Cölln. The younger Otto III stands beside him, pointing to the charter with one arm while the other rests on a hunting spike. The youthful city founders are portrayed here as mature men, because in the view of contemporaries the significance of founding the later metropolis would not have been adequately manifested as an act of two youngsters.
[Max Baumbach and Karl Begas (sculptors) / Uta Lehnert: Der Kaiser und die Siegesallee. Réclame Royale. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-496-01189-0, page 114 -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johann Otto Siegesallee1.JPG]