Hercules Fountain (Worms)

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The Hercules Fountain in Worms

The Herkulesbrunnen is a fountain in the Rhineland-Palatinate city ​​of Worms .

Geographical location

The fountain was built as the end of a preserved part of the medieval western city wall , which is now a listed building. He towers over her by several meters.

history

The occasion was the landscaping of the Heylshof , at that time the city villa of the leather manufacturer Cornelius Heyl and his descendants. As part of the French government's national property auction on April 18, 1805, he acquired the ruins of the episcopal castle at the cathedral , including the associated court cellar, the courtyard and the castle garden and from the city the adjacent city wall. Here he built the Heylshof with a surrounding park. The fountain was built in the late 19th century when the Heylshof was used by Cornelius Wilhelm von Heyl zu Herrnsheim , who was also an art collector and patron .

description

Side view of the fountain

The model for the Hercules Fountain in Worms is an important cave complex in the courtyard garden of the palace in Veitshöchheim from the 18th century, which was destroyed in 1945.

The fountain is divided into two parts: In the lower area there is a two-course cascade , the upper area is modeled on a grotto in which there used to be a " Hercules statue ", which was created by the sculptor Ferdinand Tietz and is now in the neighboring museum in Heylshof is located. However, recent restoration investigations have shown that the figure actually represents a “Moor”. The core of the fountain is made of brickwork, which is surrounded by tufa , which may have come from the Swabian Alb . This is held together by mortar and cast iron rods. At the back of the fountain there is a staircase (today barred ) to the western city wall.

The Herkulesbrunnen in Worms is currently (April 2017) being extensively restored and refurbished due to corrosion damage . In addition to the city of Worms and the Heylshof Museum, the Osnabrück- based Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt is responsible for financing .

literature

  • Susanne Brinkmann and Christina Verbeek: Selected conservation measures at the Hercules Grotto . In: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 27 (2013/2), pp. 324–334.
  • Reinhold Elenz: restoration studies to find a concept . In: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 27 (2013/2), pp. 300–304.
  • Alexandra Fink: A grotto for the "Hercules". Genesis of a restoration project and building history . In: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 27 (2013/2), pp. 287–299.
  • Alexandra Fink and Enno Steindlberger: The Hercules Grotto in Worms. Damage - Concepts - Measures . In: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 27 (2013/2), pp. 285f.
  • Helmut Maus and Christian Kayser: Reinforced nature. Building construction and static-constructive safety measures . In: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 27 (2013/2), pp. 317–323.
  • Enno Steindlberger: Material science studies on tufa and mortar for the restoration of the Hercules grotto in Worms . In: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 27 (2013/2), pp. 305–316.

Web links

Commons : Herkulesbrunnen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From fountain to fountain - The newspaper for Worms and the Nibelungenland. In: nibelungen-kurier.de. June 10, 2014, accessed April 23, 2017 .
  2. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Worms. ( Memento from June 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Mainz 2018 [ Version 2020 is available. ] , P. 17 (PDF; 5.0 MB; see Stephansgasse 9).
  3. ↑ Fink, p. 287.
  4. ↑ See: Ferdinand Werner : The court garden in Veitshöchheim . Worms 1998. ISBN 978-3-88462-145-5 , pp. 28f.
  5. ↑ Elenz, p. 301.
  6. ↑ Maus and Kayser, p. 317f.
  7. ↑ Steindlberger, p. 306.
  8. ^ Fink, p. 297.
  9. ↑ Information board at the fountain

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 52 "  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 33.8"  E