Frog King Fountain (Graz-Waltendorf)
Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 0.1 ″ N , 15 ° 28 ′ 1.4 ″ E
The Froschkönigbrunnen is a memorial fountain in the ninth district of Graz, Waltendorf . It stands on a small piece of lawn in front of the entrance to the Waltendorf elementary school . The fountain is listed .
History and design
The fountain made by the sculptor Eduard Kubovsky was donated to the community of Waltendorf by the waterworks of the city of Graz ( called Holding Graz since 2010 ) on the occasion of the expansion of the water supply network . Originally it was a so-called running fountain . Today it no longer has any water, the basin has been used as a flowerbed.
The basin is adorned with the inscription "Wasserleitungsbau - Waltendorf 1935" . The group of figures consists of three naked children sitting on a small rock. A frog, which originally wore a crown, sits on the knees of the seated boy. The fountain was named after the fairy tale " The Frog King or the Iron Heinrich " (from the collection of the Brothers Grimm ).
literature
- Gertrude Celedin, Ingeborg Schick: Grazer Brunnen: The cheerful life of water . Verlag für Collectors, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-85365-140-2 , p. 102 .
