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The Deuerlinger Bridge-Smith is a symbolic figure at the Laber Bridge and expression of the local historical consciousness. It was installed in 2001 after the reconstruction of the bridge and was intended to be a visible sign of Deuerling´s craft tradition and identity.
The figure stands for the centuries-old important blacksmith and hammer trade of the region and at the same time commemorates the last Deuerlingen blacksmith Wilhelm Huber (nicknamed "Stangl-Schmied"), who served as a model. Symbolically, the bridge-smith continues to "forge" the historical continuum of the place with his hammer, connecting past and present.
The artwork was created by the sculptor Maximilian Lamprecht at the initiative of then local heritage curator Rainer Göstl. Ceramic reliefs by the artist Gottfried Büttner are located on the opposite side of the Laber Bridge; they depict the course of the Laber from source to mouth as well as various distance measurements, thus establishing an additional geographical reference.
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