# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludwig-gies
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:22:18.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludwig-gies"
name: "Ludwig Gies"
slug: "ludwig-gies"
description: "Ludwig Gies was a German sculptor, medallist and professor of art. He is best known for his crucifix in Lübeck Cathedral, vandalized in March 1922 and later considered a typical work of degenerate art, and his famous Federal Eagle (1953), which is hung at the front of the Plenary Hall of the Reichstag in Berlin."
tagline: "German sculptor and medallist (1887–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig_Gies.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1887-09-03"
deathDate: "1966-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.13
  momentum:             0.3139013452914798
  historical:           7.01656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "路德维希·吉斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Gies"
    title: "Ludwig Gies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Gies"
    title: "Ludwig Gies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Gies"
    title: "Ludwig Gies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Gies"
    title: "Ludwig Gies"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Gies"
    title: "Ludwig Gies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%92_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "לודוויג גיס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Gies"
    title: "Ludwig Gies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump