The Monument of Jakub Weiher (Polish: Pomnik Jakuba Weihera) is a monument in Wejherowo, Poland depicting the city founder, Jakub Weiher. It is located at the Jakub Weiher Square.
Pomnik Jakuba Weihera | |
 Monument of Jakub Weiher in 2012. | |
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| 54°36′06″N 18°14′22″E / 54.60167°N 18.23944°E | |
| Location | Jakub Weiher Square, Wejherowo |
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| Type | Statue |
| Completion date | 1991 |
History
editCreation
editIn 1982, the Monument of Jakub Weiher Social Committee was founded with the goal of raising the founds to build the monument. The monument was completed in 1991.[1]
Similarity to Darth Vader
editOn various occasions the statue would be dressed as various characters, including Santa Claus during a holiday season.[2]
On 23 January 2016, a local newspaper, Wejherowo.pl, shared a photo of the monument covered in snow, which made it look to Darth Vader, a fictional character from the Star Wars franchise and the primary antagonist in the original trilogy. The picture had received over 2,000 likes and nearly 1,000 shares. About the picture wrote foreign media, including Time.[2][3]
The next year, on 16 December 2017, the city had dressed the monument as a Darth Vader for the Forcecon 2017, a second convention of the Star Wars fans that took place in the city. For that occasion, the city had given the monument a replica of the lightsaber, helmet, cape and other decorations.[4]
In 7 December 2020, a councilman of the city council of Kraków, Poland, Łukasz Wantuch, proposed to build a monument of Darth Vader in the district of Nowa Huta, as a tourist magnet. He argued his decision with the publicity that the monument of Jakub Weiher got.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Pomnik założyciela miasta". polskaniezwykla.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ a b "A Polish Statue Was Transformed Into Darth Vader by Snow". Time. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Wejherowo: Miasto założone przez Dartha Vadera". kultura.onet.pl (in Polish). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Pomnik Wejhera czy Vadera? Niezwykła przemiana w stolicy Kaszub" (in Polish). 17 December 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Chce postawić pomnik Lorda Vadera w Nowej Hucie. "Boże, to będzie hit"language=pl". 7 December 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2021.