Frog fountain (Bozen)

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The Bolzano frog fountain 2011

The frog fountain is a fountain on the station square in Bozen .

The fountain was designed by the Bolzano sculptor Ignaz Gabloner and built in 1930. Its special features include water-spouting frogs on the edge of the pool and five central amphorae , which symbolize South Tyrol's five main rivers Etsch , Eisack , Rienz , Talfer and Passer . During the Second World War the fountain was destroyed and later rebuilt with small changes according to the original design.

literature

  • Mathias Frei, Walburga Kössler: Ignaz Gabloner 1887–1964: sculptor and draftsman. Bozen: Athesia 2014, ISBN 978-88-6839-026-6 , p. 31 and p. 62, fig. 23.
  • Bruno Mahlknecht : The frog fountain on the Bolzano station square: monument to a piece of city history; risen from the bomb rubble . In: Dolomiten , November 25, 2002, p. 18.

Web links

Commons : Frog Well  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commissioning of the frog fountain on Bahnhofsplatz. Invitation to a press conference . August 2, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ′ 49.3 "  N , 11 ° 21 ′ 27.6"  E