Ballhof fountain

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The Ballhofbrunnen, here with a view through Kreuzstrasse to the tower of the Kreuzkirche
View of the system with the hollow balls when the system is switched off

The Ballhof Fountain in Hanover is a fountain system installed as art in public space on Ballhofplatz in Hanover's old town .

History and description

The fountain was designed in 1975 by the Munich-based artist Helmut Otto Schön with three hollow spheres made of copper and tombac . He dedicated the work to the composer Carl Orff on his eightieth birthday.

The water, which is pumped up from a deep stone basin through an umbel-like supporting structure, flows down and causes the balls to rotate due to its gravity. Seating made of simple concrete was installed on the sides of the “Aquamobile” to invite passers-by to linger.

The Ballhof Fountain has already served as an artistic motif on a silver medal .

See also

literature

  • Rainer Ertel , Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Hannoversches Brunnenbuch. Fountains and fountains in Hanover. Exemplary and documentary , Fackelträger-Verlag, Hanover 1988, ISBN 3-7716-1497-X , p. 50
  • Reiner Ertel: Ballhof fountain. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 46.

Web links

Commons : Ballhofbrunnen (Hannover)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Olaf Hoffmann: Ballhofbrunnen , private photo gallery of public art in Hanover

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Rainer Ertel, Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Hannoversches Brunnenbuch , 1988
  2. ↑ Olaf Hoffmann: Ballhofbrunnen ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , private photo gallery of public art in Hanover @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / olaf.pytalhost.com
  3. ↑ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Ballhofplatz 5. In: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 89f.
  4. ↑ Question No. 15-1727 / 2006: Ballhofbrunnen , question in Stadtbezirksrat Mitte , 11 September 2006
  5. ↑ Compare the sales advertisement on quoka.de , last accessed on August 16, 2014

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 '21.2 "  N , 9 ° 43' 58.1"  E