Asmussen-Woldsen monument
The Asmussen-Woldsen monument in Husum , also known as the Tine fountain , is a central market fountain designed by Adolf Brütt , which with its bronze statue, the “Tine”, is the city's landmark.
The donors
In 1859 the wealthy Husum woman Anna Catharina Asmussen (1793–1868) and her cousin, the wholesale merchant and ship owner August Friedrich Woldsen (1792–1866) - a great uncle of Theodor Storms - founded the foundation "Asmussen-Woldsen-Legacy for the City of Husum" . After the foundation's capital had decreased significantly in the course of several currency conversions, a number of lands, the Rote Haubarg near Simonsberg and the Asmussen-Woldsen-Kindergarten belong to the scope of the foundation.
The construction
As early as 1898 a committee for the erection of the Asmussen-Woldsen monument was founded in Husum, to which, in addition to other notables, Mayor Adolf Quantity (1856–1917) belonged. While public and private funds were collected in a monument fund, the decision on the location of the planned well initially remained open. During the creation of the model, the artist in Berlin and the Husum clients agreed on the overall design and details of the fountain in broad agreement. The young Husum employee of the Thoma's Hotel, Dora Fuchs (1878–1966), was Adolf Brütt's model for the Tine statue. Three weeks late, the Asmussen-Woldsen memorial was inaugurated in a festive setting with great sympathy from the Husum population on October 5, 1902; it became a symbol of the city. Until the redesign of the market square and the relocation of the fountain three meters to the west in 1965, the well-proportioned and harmonious Art Nouveau complex was flanked by two wrought-iron candelabra.
shape
In the middle of the eight-meter-long fountain basin rises a base made of granite blocks, which widens towards the top to form an octagonal plate. Its eight pages contain a romanization in medieval uncial script . Eight fish heads protrude from the eight corner points with mouths as water dispensers. The square base contains a relief on each side: the coats of arms of Schleswig-Holstein and the city of Husum as well as a kindergarten motif and a coffin . The oval fountain basin is surrounded by a 70 cm high granite border. Four ox heads located inwards "suck up" the incoming water, so that the level of the well does not exceed a height of 30 cm. The pedestal for the fountain figure rises on the plinth , adorned with ornamentation in the style of Viking braided motifs. The bronze figure itself shows a young fisher woman in Dutch wooden clogs . In her right hand she is holding an oar. The open view and the upright posture are directed towards the North Sea, thus against the west wind. The allegorical shape of the complex indicates the main occupations of the city of Husum: seafaring, fishing and cattle trading. The inscription in the frieze , somewhat hidden between the fish's mouths and difficult to decipher, contains the dedication of the fountain monument to the donors: Catharina - Asmussen - August Friedr. - Woldsen - erected out of thanks - Husum - AD 1902.
Others
Shortly before the bronze figure was completed, the monument committee wished to see Tine not shown in wooden clogs, but rather shown in shoes. With the obvious pretext that the clogs were offended because they were atypical in the region and made “a poor impression”, ie personified “poverty”, Mayor Menge tried to change the design. The wooden shoes apparently did not fit into his monument concept, which was geared towards proud representation. Adolf Brütt replied that "one never sees in a pretty, young and healthy woman, it may wear what it wants, and if it is rags, the poverty, but the best wealth that can be had in the world." the "Tine" to this day pantines.
According to popular belief, the Asmussen-Woldsen memorial got its popular name "Tine-Brunnen" from the depiction of the donor Anna Catharina (nickname "Tine" for "Catharina") Asmussen in the standing figure of the fisher girl, which, however, is incorrect.
literature
- Brar v. Riewerts: A monument to Husum. 80 years of Tinebrunnen. Published by the Husum-Rödemis Association, Husum 1982
swell
- ^ Art @ SH - Art in Schleswig-Holstein: Adolf Brütt - Tine-Brunnen , accessed on November 26, 2017
- ^ Letter from Adolf Brütt to Adolf Quantity, August 13, 1902, Husum City Archives, Newer Magistrate Record, File No. XIV 33 Asmussen-Woldsen Monument.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 28 '37.15 " N , 9 ° 3' 5.99" E