Denkmal Für Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (Munich)
Memorial for Franz Xaver Gabelsberger is a monument located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The monument is a bronze sculpture by the German sculptor Syrius Eberle. It was dedicated shortly after the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789-1849), the inventor of a cursive shorthand system. Casting was by Ferdinand von Miller. The monument shows Gabelsberger in a sitting position and is mounted on a stone base. The location is a plaza at the confluence of Barer Strasse in Ottostraße in the district of Maxvorstadt. Due some problems Syrius Eberle could not complete the monument on time. Thus the 100th anniversary celebration occurred a year later at the 40th Foundation celebration of stenographers central association. The inauguration of the monument was in August 1890. The monument is registered as a historic landmark in the Bavarian monument list.
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Munich Gabelsberger Memorial
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by population, third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 11th-largest city in the European Union. The Munich Metropolitan Region, city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Northern Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the population density, most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialects, Bavarian dialect area, ...
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