Baldwin fountain
| Baldwin fountain | |
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| place | trier |
| country |
 Germany
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| architect | Ferdinand von Miller (draft bronze cast work), Quinter Eisenhütte (execution); Arnold Schüller (stonemason) |
| Architectural style | Historicism , Art Nouveau |
| Coordinates | |
| location | Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 27.5 " N , 6 ° 38 ′ 58.2" E 49 ° 45 ′ 27.5 " N , 6 ° 38 ′ 58.2" E |
The Balduinbrunnen (also: Balduinsbrunnen ) is a fountain in the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Trier / Mosel at the beginning of Balduinstrasse in the Mitte district . The fountain is a memorial in memory of Baldwin of Luxembourg , who was Archbishop of Trier from 1307 to 1354 and one of the electors in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation . It is a dominant building in terms of urban development, the location of which at the intersection of Christophstrasse and Balduinstrasse at the northernmost point of the avenue ring was originally intended for the Kaiser Wilhelm monument , which was erected on May 15, 1893 on the Domfreihof . The distance from the fountain to Trier main station is about 200 meters.
history
The fountain was inaugurated on May 18, 1897. However, for legal reasons, water did not run until a few years later. The statue was created in the Quinter ironworks based on a design by the Munich sculptor and fine caster Ferdinand von Miller († 1887) using the bronze casting process . Arnold Schüller carried out the stone carving. The construction cost 25,000 marks, the equivalent of around 150,000 euros. The money came from donations from Trier citizens.
First there was a small, round open space around the fountain, which was bordered by a ring road, the so-called Balduinsplatz. In 1909, however, the fountain was embedded in a horticultural complex.
During the penultimate well renovation in 1979/80, irregularly swinging podium paving was laid, which replaced the formerly round podium made of limestone slabs. From 2008 to 2010 the fountain was renovated again for 210,000 euros. The monument protection authority funded the project with 15,000 euros. Since then, water has been running in the well again in summer; the entire fountain was dismantled for restoration and the square was completely redesigned. At the time of restoration, the statue was also temporarily replaced by a dummy.
construction
The fountain is built in two-tier limestone in the neo-Romanesque style . In a circular floor basin rises an octagonal base on which the polygonal , upwardly tapering well with the large sculpture of Baldwin stands. Four-pass columns with marble shafts are placed in front of the fountain shaft in the lower part. They support quadrilateral fountain shells with bronze lion heads as gargoyles. Reliefs are drawn in the well, the lower ones in bronze. They show an inscription plaque of Emperor Heinrich VII (Balduin's brother), as well as Elector Peter von Aspelt (born in Trier) and Dante Alighieri (partisan of Henry VII in the dispute between Guelphs and Ghibellines). In the upper stone reliefs, lion's head gargoyles alternate with heraldic shields: the city arms and the arms of the Archdiocese of Trier are held by angels; the Luxembourg coat of arms with the lion and the imperial eagle flank two warriors.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Entry on Baldwin Fountain in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
- ↑ Baldwin Fountain. City Hall of Trier, accessed on September 11, 2015 .
- ^ Roland Morgen: The doubled elector. In: volksfreund.de. November 20, 2009, accessed August 31, 2018 .