Fountain system drinking youth

Fountain system "drinking youth"
Data
place	Darmstadt
builder	Ludwig Habich
architect	Joseph Maria Olbrich
Builder	City of Darmstadt
Architectural style	Art Nouveau
Construction year	1901
Coordinates	49 ° 52 ′ 34 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 34 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 8"  E

"Olbrich House" with the "Young Drinking Man" fountain (2012)

The drinking youth fountain is a fountain in Darmstadt .

History and description

The “Young Drinking” fountain was designed by the architect Joseph Maria Olbrich . The wall fountain in a prominent location on the southern slope of the Mathildenhöhe was completed in 1901.

The rising clinker wall of the enclosure is located behind a low, semi-circular basin . The lyrical figure of the “young drinking man” - a partially sculptural kneeling nude in the prince's seat in Carrara marble by the sculptor Ludwig Habich - was set into the brick wall .

Monument protection

The fountain is a cultural monument for architectural and city history reasons .

literature

• Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 323.

Web links

Commons : Young man at the source  - collection of images, videos and audio files