Ceres Fountain (Opole)
| Ceres fountain | |
|---|---|
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| place | Opole , Plac Ignacego Daszyńskiego |
| country |
 Poland
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| use | Jewellery |
| construction time | 1904-1907 |
| architect | Edmund Gomansky |
| Architectural style | Art nouveau with classic elements |
| Technical specifications | |
| height | about 3 m |
| diameter | (Fountain basin) approx. 17 m |
| Floor space | about 227 m² |
| Building material | Sandstone , copper (water outlets) |
| Coordinates | |
| location | Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 55.6 " N , 17 ° 55 ′ 39.3" E 50 ° 39 ′ 55.6 " N , 17 ° 55 ′ 39.3" E |
The Ceresbrunnen in Opole is a 1907 insider monumental fountain , which by the sculptor Edmund Gomansky was created. It is located on Ignacy Daszyński Square in downtown Opole.
history
In 1900 the Prussian Ministry of Culture organized an open art competition to design a monumental fountain for Minervaplatz in Opole , in which 72 sculptors took part. The general requirement was "... to create a serious, characteristic work of German art". Ten models were awarded, including Gomansky's fountain design, which was ultimately declared the winner. However, Gomansky changed his representation by placing the central figure on a middle pedestal in the form of a wave and grouping the other figures sitting around it rather than lying down. A canopy over the goddess completed the fountain to be realized. The construction of the fountain began in 1904, to mark the 100th anniversary of the agricultural reform in Prussia ( October Edict of 1807) on the Schmuckplatz in the middle of the square, which had since been renamed Friedrichsplatz and, since the 1950s, Ignacy-Daszyński-Platz means was inaugurated.
description
The all around free-standing fountain in the center of a small green area shows the Roman goddess Ceres (Demeter), the goddess of agriculture. The copper canopy, based on Art Nouveau , disappeared when the city was rebuilt after the Second World War . Around the figure of Ceres there are sculptures of Proserpina (Persephone, daughter of Demeter), Neptune (Poseidon) with Glaucos and a fishing net and Hercules (Heracles) with a hoe, symbolizing agriculture, fishing and mining.
On the front of the fountain on the edge of the fountain was the German-language inscription "Des Bürgers Treu paired with diligence - a young born of good German kind" in capital letters. After Opole came under Polish administration in 1945, all German written documents were removed, including the inscriptions on the Ceres fountain. In February 2009, the Mayor of Opole, Zembaczyński, announced that the German inscriptions would be restored in the course of restoration work. This restoration work was completed in June 2009.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Architekturwelt , edition 3.1901, issue 9; P. 333
- ^ Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 34, 1900, No. 49 (from June 20, 1900), p. 304.
- ^ View of Gomansky's design from 1901 on digital.zlb.de; accessed on November 14, 2015.
- ↑ a b Schlesisches Wochenblatt , Volume 19 ##, No. #, p. #.