Högenbrünnele
The Högenbrünnele is a fountain in Stuttgart-Feuerbach on Gernotstraße at the entrance to Rüdigerstraße. It stands together with retaining wall and stairs under monument protection .
history
The Art Nouveau fountain dates from 1913. According to the list of monuments, it is not known who designed it.
Both the fountain and the stairs were made of in-situ concrete with an artificial stone attachment. The name of the fountain goes back to " Hag " or "Hecke".
In 1897 a Roman bath was discovered in Stuttgarter Straße near the old post office building at a depth of three meters. Flat bricks formed the floor, the water supply was evidently made via a tin pipe that flowed into the basin from the direction of today's Högenbrünnel, and the hypocaust could still be seen. The complex apparently belonged to a villa rustica that had been located directly next to the Römerstraße. The water of the spring, which emerged from the Keuper sandstone , was almost free of lime and therefore very suitable for bathing. A few years after the discovery of the Roman bath, however, it dried up.
A villa rustica that was found on the lower Stuttgarter Straße drew its water from a spring above the birch forest, which still supplied water until the time before the Second World War , but has now dried up.
The Högenbrünnele, which was renovated in 1983, is therefore connected to the public water network and thus supplies drinking water. It operates daily from 8.30 a.m. to 10 p.m. during the fountain season.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments on www.stuttgart-stadtgeschichte.net
- ↑ For the course of the road, see Stuttgarter Straße at www.feuerbach.de .
- ↑ Former post office at www.feuerbach.de
- ↑ History of Högenbrünneles on www.feuerbach.de
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 40.2 " N , 9 ° 10 ′ 14.9" E