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The Sleeping Lion (Polish: Lew śpiący, German: Schlafender Löwe) is a monument located in the market square, Bytom, Poland. The monument has become one of Bytom's most notable landmarks.

Sleeping Lion

Lew Śpiący
Coordinates	50°20′49″N 18°55′26″E
Location	Bytom, Poland
Designer	Theodor Erdmann Kalide
Material	Bronze
Completion date	1873
Opening date	1873, 2008
Dedicated to	Inhabitants of the Beuthen district who died in the Franco-Prussian War

History

The monument was initially raised in 1873, to commemorate fallen inhabitants of the Beuthen District in the Franco-Prussian War. The Sleeping Lion originally stood on top of a plinth, on which the names of the fallen were written.

In 1932 the monument was moved to the Academic Square (Polish: Plac Akademicki).

In 1945, during the Second World War the monument's plinth was destroyed. Afterwards the lion was moved to the city park.

It is not known when, but the Sleeping Lion made its way to Warsaw where it laid at the gates of the Warsaw Zoo.[1] In 2008 the monument returned to Bytom.

References

Sources

• "„Lew śpiący” – historia jednego odlewu". instytutkorfantego.pl. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
• "Powrót lwa!". bytom.pl. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
• "Tajemnicza historia śpiącego lwa". bytom.pl. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
• "Wstydliwa historia, czyli rzecz o bytomskim lwie". histmag.org. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

На других языках

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[de] Schlafender Löwe (Bytom)

Der Schlafende Löwe in Bytom (Beuthen O.S.) ist eine Löwenskulptur auf dem Ring (zentraler Platz in der Altstadt) aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Die Skulptur stellt einen liegenden Löwen dar, mit gesenktem, auf den Vorderpfoten abgestütztem und seitlich nach links gedrehtem Kopf.

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- [en] Sleeping Lion, Bytom

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