Ceres Fountain (Stuttgart)
The Ceresbrunnen is a fountain in the Stuttgart market hall .
In 1916 the first version of the Ceresbrunnen, created by Ulfert Janssen , was installed in the market hall that had been built two years earlier. It was on one of the narrow sides of the hall between the staircases leading to the gallery. This first Ceres fountain fell victim to the effects of the war in 1944, although the market hall itself was not destroyed.
In 2003 the Friends of Alt Stuttgart initiated the restoration of a drinking water well in the market hall. In 2006 a shell construction was put into operation on the site of the old Ceres fountain. On March 29, 2009, the second Ceres Fountain created by Monke Herbert Rauer with the group of figures restored according to the original plans was handed over to its destination.
The trough and figures are made of shiny green-blue majolica . The goddess Ceres is enthroned as a fountain figure , flanked by two boys and numerous grapes, in a flat arched niche above the basin. To the left and right of the niche, three panels each with heraldic elements are embedded in the wall; on the left you can see the three stag poles from the Württemberg coat of arms, on the right the three striding lions from the coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg .
The well pipe protrudes from a cuboid located under the base of the Ceres, to the left and right of this cuboid are reliefs with poultry motifs on the back wall above the well basin. The pool walls are decorated with fish and again with grape motifs.
The new group of figures, which was produced in the majolica factory in Karlsruhe, is about 1.60 meters high and weighs more than 1.5 tons; their installation made it necessary to support the basement ceiling of the market hall. The mineral water that flows from the well pipe today comes from the urban structure that was built on the site of the "King of England" who was destroyed in the war . The costs for the construction and commissioning of this second Ceres fountain amounted to around 400,000 euros, which were raised through donations. The fountain is available to visitors to the Stuttgart market hall as a drinking water fountain, but is not barrier-free due to the steps in front of the fountain trough.
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- ↑ Article in the Stuttgarter Zeitung ( Memento from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 34 " N , 9 ° 10 ′ 44.5" E