On Tuesday, 28 October, from 9.30 a.m., the Schilling figures in the park by the castle pond will once again receive their winter protection, the so-called enclosure. The four "Four Times of Day" sandstone sculptures created by Johannes Schilling will be encased in acrylic glass to protect them from the cold and wet weather.
Media representatives are invited to a photo session.
The enclosures are lifted into place using a crane. To ensure that the figures are not damaged in the process, the employees of the Parks Department and the crane operator need a great deal of dexterity. The work can therefore only be carried out in favourable wind conditions.
In spring 2026, the winter protection of the Schilling figures will be removed again and stored at the municipal building yard.
The Schilling figures are among the artistic and sculptural gems from the classicist period that are known far beyond Chemnitz. The sculptor Johannes Schilling (1828 to 1910) from Mittweida created them as allegories of the times of day. They are called "The Morning", "The Noon", "The Evening" and "The Night".
The originals, made from Postelwitz Elbe sandstone in 1861, originally stood on Brühl's Terrace in Dresden. In 1908, they were replaced there by bronze casts (duplicates) and Chemnitz received the more valuable originals. Since the 1930s, they have stood in the listed New Castle Pond, which was specially designed by city architect Fred Otto to house the statues.
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