Andreasbrunnen (Kamenz)
The Andreasbrunnen on the market square of Kamenz is a fountain system executed in 1570 in light sandstone , with which the founder, the Kamenz mayor Andreas Günther, created a monument.
Building history
The fountain was built around 1570 in the late Renaissance style. The structure consists of three columns in a Doric order with rounded fluting . A canopy-like structure rests on top of them , with references to the founder in antiqua script . The coats of arms of Kamenz, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the German Empire are sculptured on one side, and putti figures are attached to the corners . The fountain is crowned by a Justitia with a sword and scales, as a symbol of justice. The collaboration of the Dresden sculptor Christoph Walther II (1534–1584) is not excluded. Gregor Richter from Leipzig and Oschatz are familiar with comparable fountain systems.
The foundation of the Andreasbrunnen can be traced back to the Upper Lusatian Pönfall of 1547, in which the member cities of the Upper Lusatian Six Cities League, including Kamenz, were imposed high monetary tributes, as well as many privileges, including the court and market rights, were withdrawn. Only in 1562 could the privileges be partially restored, which is also attributed to the negotiating skills of the Kamenz mayor Günther.
literature
- Gertrud Rudloff-Hille: The Andreasbrunnen , Kamenzer Kulturspiegel für Stadt und Land 1956, April issue, p. 16.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Kadatz: German Renaissance Architecture - From the early bourgeois revolution to the end of the Thirty Years' War . Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1983, pp. 93, 175
Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 11 " N , 14 ° 5 ′ 43.4" E