Relief - Bukovina, (sculpture).

Relief - Bukovina, (sculpture).

Kansas Granite & Wolf Memorial Company, fabricator. (possibly by)

Sauer, Karen, assistant.

Relief - Bukovina, (sculpture).

Bukovina, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 1993.

Sculpture: black granite; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 8 ft.

(On front lower left side of sculpture, incised letters:) DEDICATED ON JULY 16, 1993 BY THE/BUKOVINA SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAS (On front center of sculpture, incised letters:) (Emblem of the Bukovina Society of the Americas)/DONATED BY JAMES C. AND ALBERTA WOLF FAMILY (On front lower right side of sculpture, incised letters:) IN MEMORY OF/THE SETTLERS FROM BUKOVINA/AUSTRIA WHO STEPPED OFF THE/TRAIN AT THIS LOCATION/BEGINNING IN 1886 THE GERMAN/SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS BOUGHT A/STRONG CHRISTIAN FAITH AND WORK/ETHIC TO BUILD A FUTURE/FOR THEIR FAMILIES/IN THE NEW WORLD.

A stele depicting a church in Bukovina, with the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in the background. At the lower front center is the coat of arms of the Bukovina people, an aurochs (the extinct wild ox of Europe) on a crest. The aurochs' head is surrounded by three stars. On the lower right side of the sculpture are two wheat shafts. The sculpture is placed atop two triangular-shaped bases.

History -- United States -- Immigration

Cityscape -- Austria -- Bukovina

Landscape -- Mountain -- Carpathian Mountains

Architecture -- Religious -- Church

Ethnic -- Austrian

Object -- Foliage -- Wheat

Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Ellis

Administered by Bukovina Society of the Americas, P. O. Box 81, Ellis, Kansas 67637

Located City park, Ellis, Kansas

The sculpture was erected in memory of the settlers from Bukovina, Austria who immigrated to the area, beginning in 1886. The sculpture was donated by the James C. and Alberta E. Wolf family, who operated the Kansas Granite and Wolf Memorial Company. The memorial is designed from a rendering drawn by Karen Sauer. The sculpture was dedicated during the Fifth Annual Bukovinafest. IAS files contain copies of the Bukovina Society of the Americas' newsletter, The Bulletin, 8 (Spring 1993): pg. 1; and 10 (Fall 1993): pg. 1. IAS files also contain a brochure from the Bukovina Society of America and a transcript of a talk given to the Ellis County Historical Society dated June 9, 1993. Both give a detailed history of the Bukovina Germans who immigrated to the Ellis area. For related information see: The Bulletin, vol. 9 and vol. 11. For additional information see: Irmgard Hein Ellingson's "The Bukovina Germans in Kansas: A 200 Year History of the Lutheran Swabians," Hays, Kan.: Fort Hays State University, c1987.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.

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