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"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Tower hall with a memorial to those who fell in the First and Second World Wars


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Bronze chandelier


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Top of the two-armed bronze candlestick


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Detail view with golden lamb


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Horseman, formerly with scales, oblique view from above


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

Info

1960


The four horsemen from top to bottom: Death with scythe, rider with scales (cost-of-living), rider with sword (war), rider with bow (abuse of power)


photo 2023, Theo Noll

Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

"Riders cascade around the trunk of the candlestick"


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Rider with bow on white horse


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Detailed view with sword and red horse neck


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Rider on the red horse falls down


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Rider with bow on white horse


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

1960

Oblique view from below


Bronze chandelier in the tower hall In 1960, Heinz Heiber created the 2.90 meter high bronze chandelier with the theme “The Apocalyptic Horsemen” to depict the horrors of war. He placed the first rider with a bow on a white horse (abuse of power) at the bottom, above him the rider with a sword on a red horse (war), next highest the rider with the scales* (price increase) on a black horse and at the top Death with the scythe* on a pale horse. Death with a scythe is located immediately below the golden lamb, which represents Christ. Here the artist depicted the riders with their horses falling on top of each other. It seems as if the four of them triggered a dynamic that a single rider could no longer stop. *unfortunately damaged or lost" (Text from art guide: retired pastor Vera Ostermayer / Elfriede Hirschmann)

Location: Fürth, St. Paul, Dr.-Martin-Luther-Platz

Design: Heiber, Heinz

Realization: Heiber, Heinz

Material: Bronze

photo 2023, Theo Noll

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