Well in Meiningen
Fountain in Meiningen lists ornamental and Nutzbrunnen in southern Thuringia and Franconia belonging city Meiningen on.
In addition to the wells , which have always used the groundwater , springs from the urban area have been supplying the town of Meiningen with fresh spring water since the Middle Ages . The first four water pipes were laid by monks in the years 1232 to 1243. The four most important sources are the Kirchbrunnen, the Neubrunn, the Drei 30backerer Quelle and the Welkershäuser Quelle. A number of useful wells have been converted into ornamental wells since the 17th century . As a result of enlightened absolutism and as part of the city expansion, purely ornamental fountains were also built in the 18th century.
During archaeological excavations in the old town, several round masonry well shafts that were on private land in inner courtyards have been exposed. Some ornamental fountains were donated in whole or in part, here mostly the fountain stick with the figure of well-known personalities, including Duke Georg II , architect Eduard Fritze and Duke Bernhard III. Some of the once numerous utility wells have been preserved to the present day and are under monument protection.
Meininger fountain
Bechstein fountain
The “Bechstein Fountain”, also known as the fairy tale fountain , is an ornamental fountain built in 1909. It is dedicated to the writer, archivist, collector of fairy tales and legends Ludwig Bechstein (1801–1860). The fountain created by Robert Diez is on a main path in the English Garden . The base and the fountain basin are made of limestone, above is the bronze group of figures "Forest Secret", which depicts a misshapen, good-natured earth spirit and a nymph .
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- Geographic location: 50 ° 34 ′ 19.7 ″ N , 10 ° 25 ′ 3.5 ″ E
Brahms monument
The “Brahms Monument” is a monument complex with two ornamental fountains. It is dedicated to the composer and conductor Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) and was built in 1898/99 by the sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand . Brahms stayed very often in Meiningen as a guest of Duke Georg II and worked closely with the Meiningen court orchestra . The monument is located in the southeast of the English Garden in the center of the city.
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- Geographic location: 50 ° 34 ′ 19.4 ″ N , 10 ° 25 ′ 8.5 ″ E
Fischknabenbrunnen
The “Fischknabenbrunnen” is located close to a main path in the English Garden and was created in 1858 by the sculptor Ferdinand Müller. The fountain is the center of a circular paved area with benches and consists of a cast-iron catching bowl, in the middle of which a boy is carrying fish in a raised shirt. The boy is standing on a cast-iron well, on which two swan's heads with necks are attached. The water flows from the beaks into the bowl. In 1932 the fountain was demolished due to defects in the system. In the 1990s, after the restoration of the individual components, the fountain was put up again.
- Geographical location: 50 ° 34 ′ 26.2 ″ N , 10 ° 25 ′ 9.6 ″ E
Fish thief fountain
The "fish thief fountain" is an ornamental fountain and was built in 1935. The figure of the listed fountain comes from the sculptor Adolf Trabert .
The fountain, which was commissioned by the city, stands in a small square at the confluence of Postgasse and Meiningen's main shopping street, Georgstrasse, in the historic old town . There were several fountains at this point centuries ago . The bronze figure of the fish thief fountain was created in 1934 by the sculptor Adolf Trabert (1889–1944) and depicts a boy with a stolen pike . The water flows from the mouth of the fish into a limestone fountain basin , created by the stonemason Rose. The fountain was put into operation in October 1935 and a poem was published in the Meininger Tageblatt .
- Geographic location: 50 ° 34 ′ 9.6 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 55.6 ″ E
Goose man fountain
The "goose man fountain" is one of the oldest ornamental fountains in the city and was built in 1854. The fountain figure is a copy of the goose man figure from the famous fountain of the same name in Nuremberg , which the ore caster Pankraz Labenwolf made around 1550. In an octagonal sandstone basin stands the bronze figure of the goose man on an octagonal stone plinth , which represents a farmer in trousers and boots with two geese under his arms. The water pours into the basin from the beaks of both geese. The fountain has had several locations over the years and has been at the beginning of Georgstrasse since 1991.
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- Geographic location: 50 ° 34 ′ 14.8 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 56.2 ″ E
Heinrichsbrunnen
The "Heinrichsbrunnen" is a centrally located on the market square situated historicist ornamental fountains. The stone sculpture on the top of the fountain depicts Emperor Heinrich II of the Holy Roman Empire . The fountain was a donation from Duke Georg II and was erected in 1872 in place of the Neptune fountain that had been up until then. The fountain consists of a round stone trough and a three-tier well stock, which is supported by eight and four columns. The fountain is crowned by the full-length, life-size statue of Heinrich II.
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- Geographic location: 50 ° 34 ′ 3.7 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 55.8 ″ E
Chapel fountain
The chapel fountain is located on the square by the chapel in the south of the old town. The basin with fountain stick was built in 1823 as part of the Neptune fountain on the market. It was moved here in 1872 to make room for the new → Heinrichsbrunnen. The architect Eduard Fritze donated a new fountain stick according to his own design in 1905 as thanks for the honorary citizenship he had been granted . The work for this was carried out by the Heinrich Militzer company. The chapel fountain was restored in 1968 and 1995.
In the middle of the octagonal fountain basin rises the approximately five meter high fountain, which is crowned by a capital with a stylized chapel model on it. The chapel symbolizes the atonement chapel "Maria Magdalena", consecrated on June 22, 1374 on this place , built as remorse for the synagogue destroyed in 1349 and the subsequent persecution of the Jews. The chapel was demolished in 1556 after the reform. In the lower part of the well are four water-spouting tubes arranged in all directions. In the upper part, four lion heads serve as water dispensers, below these the names of the four springs and their water supply are affixed on cartouches . These are Dreianzigackerer Quelle (1243), Neubrunn (1904), Welkershäuser Quelle (1890) and Kirchbrunnen (1670).
- Geographical location: 50 ° 33 ′ 58.9 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 53.2 ″ E
Nuns plan fountain
- Geographic location: 50 ° 33 ′ 59.9 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 56.4 ″ E
Palace courtyard fountain
- Geographic location: 50 ° 34 ′ 13.5 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 45.9 ″ E
Swan fountain
- Geographic location: 50 ° 34 ′ 16 ″ N , 10 ° 25 ′ 3.1 ″ E
More wells
- Fountain on the pottery market, cast iron box fountain.
- Fountain Obere Kaplaneistrasse, cast iron box fountain.
- Well in the stone path, useful well with a stone trough.
- Plate fountain or dragon fountain in Bernhardstrasse, cast-iron, goblet-like fountain bowl flanked by two flower stands, has been in this place since 1846.
- Easter fountain at the beginning of Burggasse, a fountain with a basin set into a natural stone wall.
- Sun fountain, useful fountain with a large stone trough in Gartenstrasse.
- Fountain on Schwabenberg, cast iron box fountain.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kuratorium Meiningen (ed.): Lexicon on the history of the city of Meiningen, Bielsteinverlag, Meiningen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9809504-4-2 .
- ↑ Kulturbund Meiningen and IG Denkmalpflege (ed.): Brochure Monuments of the Inner City, Meiningen 1982.