Memorial or cemetery · 1990
Kalevipoeg
In 1908 Nikolai von Glehn built a giant hero of concrete and fieldstone in his park. It showed Kalevipoeg with an animal skin on his shoulders, leaning on a club. Glehn used himself as the model and made everything four times larger. Behind the hero lurked his Crocodile, so the two formed a scene. Locals saw the horns and called it Glehn's devil. Annoyed, Glehn set a stone in front with a rhyme: Kalevipoeg is my name and worth, fools call me devil. The Russians wrecked the statue during the First World War. In 1990 sculptor Mati Karmin made a copy beside the ruins, at the initiative of the Nõmme Improvement Society. It was unveiled on 4 November 1990.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1908. aastal valmis Nikolai von Glehni eestvõttel tema pargis betoonist ja raudkivitükkidest sarviline hiiglane. Kuju kujutab Kalevipoega, loomanahk õlgadel ja toetumas nuiale. Modelliks võttis Glehn iseenda ja suurendas kõiki mõõtmeid neli korda. Koos "Krokodilliga" pidi see moodustama stseeni, kus vägilase selja taga luurab koletis. Kohalikud hakkasid kuju aga Glehni kuradiks kutsuma. Nördinud Glehn pani kuju ette kivi kirjaga "Kalevipoeg on mu nimi ja hind, lollid kuradiks kutsuvad mind!" Esimese maailmasõja ajal lammutasid venelased kuju. Nõmme Heakorra Seltsi algatusel tegi skulptor Mati Karmin varemete kõrvale koopia, mis avati pidulikult 4. novembril 1990.