Datterich fountain
| Datterich fountain | |
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 Datterich fountain (2011) |
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| Data | |
| place | Darmstadt |
| builder | Boniface Stirnberg |
| Builder | City of Darmstadt |
| Construction year | 1982 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 '20.4 " N , 8 ° 39' 28.9" E |
The Datterich fountain is a fountain and monument in Darmstadt .
History and description
The Datterich fountain stood on Luisenplatz in front of the north entrance of the Luisencenter from 1982 to 1996 . Today the fountain stands as a dry plastic - without a fountain function - in front of the north entrance ( old town entrance ) of the city library .
The bronze fountain sculpture was designed by the Aachen sculptor Bonifatius Stirnberg . It consists of movable bronze figures that stand on a movable metal wheel and were modeled on the main characters of the literary work Datterich .
Originally there was a metal helix in the middle of the sculpture , which was replaced by a bronze stage curtain by Stirnberg .
The moving figures were not moved by water power. The figures could or can be moved manually by the audience. The fountain monument is a popular photo opportunity.
literature
- Roland Dotzert, Klaus Wolbert, Emmy Hoch: Art in public space in Darmstadt 1641–1994 . Darmstadt 1994, pp. 188f.
- Roland Dotzert et al .: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt . Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-1930-3 , p. 157.