Georgsbrunnen (Trier)
The Sankt Georgsbrunnen (short: Georgsbrunnen ) is a fountain in the Mitte / Gartenfeld district of Trier . It is considered one of the most beautiful Rococo fountains in Germany .
It is located on the Kornmarkt in the old town. The Sankt Georgsbrunnen was built between 1750 and 1751 according to plans by the court architect Johannes Seiz , the builder of the Electoral Palace, in honor of the sovereign Elector Franz Georg von Schönborn with depictions of the seasons and Saint George. Like the Petrusbrunnen on the main market , it was fed by the Heiligkreuzer Daufborn, today known as the Herrenbrünnchen, until the 19th century . The top of the fountain rises about eleven meters. The numerous, now empty cartouches at the fountain probably originally bore the painted coats of arms of the Trier councilors, in order to avoid pollution of the water, the fountain was surrounded by an iron grating that was removed in the early 20th century.
When it was built, the fountain stood further east on the square, in front of the old town hall, which was destroyed in the Second World War. Like this one, the fountain was badly damaged by air raids, so that the restoration after the war was very costly and large parts of the fountain had to be reconstructed. On this occasion, the fountain was moved to its current location. It was last restored as part of the renewal of the Kornmarkt in 2003, and thought was given to moving it back to its original location. For financial reasons and because the buildings surrounding the old location were made in modern forms after the Second World War, which were not necessarily beneficial to the effect of the fountain, this was ultimately not done.
literature
- Julia Frey: Aquae Treverenses. Fountain in Trier. Trier 1993.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 18 ″ N , 6 ° 38 ′ 18 ″ E