City Boundary Post
Jens Lund
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Date:
1925
Type:
Column, Figure reliefs
Materials:
Limestone
Measurements:
Pictures
Facts
Inscription:
On the back on the relief o the package being weighed: "ALBERTINA/J•L 1925"; in relief lettering on the front of the plinth: "VED•BYENS•SKEL/AAR•1925" (At the city boundary 1925); on the left side: "VÆLG•OG•VRAG/MENS•DET•ER•DAG" (Choose and reject while yet it is day); on the back: "VIIS• MAND•VEIER•NØJE" (Wise man weighs carefully); on the right side: "GOD•VILJE/FINDER•VEJ•FREM" (Where there is a will, there is a way).
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation
Placement
Address:
On the corner of Strandvejen and Tuborgvej
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Ellinor Wesche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 73. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 26. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 9, 18. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 56. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 187. Jens Peter Munk: Bronze & granit. Monumenter i Københavns Kommune, København 2005, 59. Jens Peter Munk: Hafnia Metropolis - en stad vid vattnet. Identitet och självförståelse speglade av monument i: Minnesmärken. Att tolka det förflutna och besvärja framtiden, Stockholm 2007, 252
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Description
The column is placed on the boundary between the municipalities of Copenhagen and Gentofte. The reliefs show features of daily life on either side of the city boundary: towards Copenhagen we see tradesmen and citizens, and towards Gentofte fishermen and peasants. The proverbs were probably taken from Peder Syv’s collection.
