NEWP: Cathedral Medal by Wiener 1856
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ST APOLLINARIS CHURCH AT REMAGEN-ON-RHINE
WIENER, Jacques: Germany, 1856, Bronze, 59 mm
Obv: View of exterior of cathedral ST APOLLINARISKIRCHE BEI REMAGEN AM RHEIN
Exergue: GRUNDSTEINLEGUNG AM 22 JULI 1839 DURCH DEN BAUHERRN DER KIRCHE FRANZ EGON GRAFEN VON FURSTENBERG-STAMMHEIM
Rev: View of interior
On left: INNERES DER ST APOLLINARISKIRCHE EINGERICHTET IM JAHRE 1853
On right: PLAN UND AUSFUHRUNG DURCH E. R. ZWIRNER BAUMEISTER DES KOLNER DOMES 1839-1844 AUSSCHMUCKUNG DURCH E. DEEGER F. ITTENBACH A.& C. MULLER.
Exergue: NACH ZEICHNUNGEN VON E. F. ZWIRNER GESTOCHEN VON J. WIENER VERLAG VON F. C. EISEN IN KOLN
Signed: J. WIENER
Ref: Van Hoydonck 140; Eidlitz 187/1108; Europese Penningen # 72; Reinecke 31
St. Apollinaris church is situated just below the town of Remagen in the Prussian Rhine Province. It stands on a height overlooking the Rhine on the site of a chapel formerly dedicated to St. Martin.
The E.F. ZWIRNER mentioned on the reverse of the medal is Ernst Friedrich Zwirner (1802-1861), who was responsible for the construction of the cathedral. Zwirner also built the Synagogue at Cologne and was the architect for the reconstruction of Cologne cathedral. His works won him every conceivable honor and distinction. It is said that his devotion to the work of restoring the Cologne cathedral was so great that many of his contemporaries felt his zeal had hastened his death (Eidlitz).
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