Floravase
The Floravase is a baroque garden sculpture in the Fulda castle garden on the outside staircase to the orangery . It was created by the Bamberg sculptor Daniel Friedrich Humbach in 1728 based on a design by Friedrich Joachim Stengel .
The sculpture with a height of 6.80 meters is considered one of the most important garden sculptures in Europe and is located on the landing of the large orangery staircase in the palace garden. It symbolizes the flower goddess Flora on a vase, adorned with flower tendrils and surrounded by angel figures. In her raised hand she holds a golden lily , the symbol of the Fulda abbot Adolf von Dalberg . The sculpture was created from a single stone from the former Steinau sandstone quarry near Marbach . The base was composed of several sandstones of different origins. Adolf von Dalberg was partially involved in the design of the sculpture and commissioned it to express his connection with nature.
The local historian Ernst Kramer described the Floravase in an article published in the Fuldaer monthly mirror as “the symbol of a proud age of absolute rulers, who celebrated their triumph in the intoxication of the fine arts, accompanied by splendid festivals, and created values in the process, for their grandiose salary we celebrated they still envy them today. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Die Floravase ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , In search of the role models of a city, A somewhat different virtual city tour by Christiane Spork, FH Fulda
- ^ Ernst Kramer, "Die Floravase", Fuldaer monthly mirror, issue 4, 1987, p. 70
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Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 19 " N , 9 ° 40 ′ 27.2" E