Heilbronnia
The Heilbronnia is a sculpture made around 1869 by Albert Güldenstein , which adorned the fountain stick of the Fleinertorbrunnen in Heilbronn until 1904 and was supposed to represent the characteristics of the city.
description
The almost 1.50 m high female figure in medieval clothing wore all the insignia of the old wine, port and imperial city of Heilbronn and thus symbolized the power and prosperity of the city: the belt stands for strength and fortification, the anchor for inland shipping and trade, the brow adorned with grapes for viticulture. The city's coat of arms adorned the figure's chest.
Repository
In 1904 it was brought to the Heilbronn Historical Museum; Today the headless figure is in the Heilbronn Lapidarium attached to the Heilbronn City Archives (no. E020-110).
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literature
- Helmut Schmolz, Hubert Weckbach: Heilbronn: The old city in words and pictures. Volume 2. Konrad, Weißenhorn 1967 (publications of the archive of the city of Heilbronn. Volume 15). No. 43
- Helmut Schmolz , Hubert Weckbach: Heilbronn. History and life of a city . 2nd Edition. Konrad, Weißenhorn 1973, ISBN 3-87437-062-3 (No. 317).
- Patricia Peschel: Güldenstein, Albert . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 64, Saur, Munich a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23031-8 , p. 359.
- Gerhard Schwinghammer and Reiner Makowski: The Heilbronner street names . Edited by the city of Heilbronn. 1st edition. Silberburg-Verlag , Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-87407-677-6 , p. 85 .