Roland

Roland is not only a model of the Christian knight and the best knight of Charlemagne, and his nephew. Roland statue, installed in the Market Square of Bremen, the main symbol of the city. According to legend, the city of Bremen retain their independence for as long as there will be guarding him, Roland. Bremen Roland statue installed on the Market Square between the Town Hall and Bremen Shyuttingom. Look Roland converted to Bremen Cathedral. Roland leans on a column decorated ciborium. The height of the sculpture with ciborium and a pedestal is 10.21 m. Roland is the largest free-standing sculpture of the German Middle Ages. The distance between his knees is exactly one "Bremen elbow" - 55.372 cm, and the sculpture itself has a height of 5.47 m and mounted on a pedestal height of 60 cm is believed that visitors to the city who want to go to Bremen again, should rub Roland knee. The first wooden statue of Roland, which appeared in Bremen, was burned on the night of 28 on May 29, 1366 soldiers of the archbishop of Braunschweig and Lüneburg Albert II. In 1404, the townspeople erected a new stone statue of Roland. It was restored several times. In 1939, for safety reasons, the statue was re-installed. During the war, Roland carefully sheltered from the falling debris. In 1983, the fence was restored, which existed until 1939. Bremen Roland in 2004 was included in the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage of Humanity.