ST APOLLINARIS CHURCH AT REMAGEN-ON-RHINE

WIENER, Jacques: Germany, 1856, Bronze, 59 mm
Obv: View of exterior of cathedral. Above, the coat of arms of Count Furstenberg.    ST APOLLINARISKIRCHE BEI REMAGEN AM RHEIN
Exergue: GRUNDSTEINLEGUNG AM 22 JULI 1839 DURCH DEN BAUHERRN DER KIRCHE FRANZ EGON GRAFEN VON FURSTENBERG-STAMMHEIM (Ground stone laid on 22 July 1839 by the owner of the church Franz Egon count of Furstenberg-Stammheim)
Rev: View of interior
On left:  INNERES DER ST APOLLINARISKIRCHE EINGERICHTET IM JAHRE 1853 (Interior of the St. Apollinaris church furnished in the year 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. (Plan and execution by Ernst Friedrich Zwirner, architect of Cologne cathedral 1839-1844.  Decoration by Ernst Deger, Franz Ittenbach, and Andreas & Carl Muller)
Exergue: NACH ZEICHNUNGEN VON E. F. ZWIRNER GESTOCHEN VON J. WIENER VERLAG VON F. C. EISEN IN KOLN (After the drawings of Ernst Friedrich Zwirner.  Engraved by Jacques Wiener. Publisher F.C. Eisen in Cologne)
Signed: J. WIENER
Ref: Van Hoydonck 140; Eidlitz 187/1108;  Europese Penningen #72;  Reinecke 31; Bouhy 13; Ross M120; Weiss BW253

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).

LINK to painting by Franz Ittenbach: Portrait of Marie Felicitas of Fürstenberg

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