Isis fountain
The listed Isis Fountain ( list entry ) on Albertplatz in the Breitenfeld district of Vienna's 8th district , Josefstadt , is the only cast iron fountain in the city.
history
The well cast in the Graf Salm'schen Eisenfabrik in Blansko near Brno was created on the initiative of the chief judge Carl Georg Gaber. The fountain was put into operation in autumn 1833 and consecrated in March 1834, after the Isis statue was installed, by Sigismund Schultes , abbot of the Schottenstift , which was the landlord until 1848, in the presence of Emperor Franz I. The statue of the goddess Isis was modeled on a marble statue in the antiquities collection of the imperial family .
Originally the Isisbrunnen water from the donated Hütteldorf coming Albertine water line . However, since the productivity of the springs decreased, it was later connected to the Emperor Ferdinand's aqueduct .
The painter Carl Wenzel Zajicek, born in Vienna, handed down a view of Albertplatz with the Isis fountain in the form of a watercolor .
The fountain originally stood exactly in the middle of the square. In 1912 it was moved to the northeast side of the square, as space was needed for a new tram line. From 1912 to 1942, line 15 branched off at the Florianigasse / Albertgasse junction (which it otherwise followed), through Albertgasse, via Albertplatz and through Hebragasse and Lazarettgasse to Spitalgasse, where the junction returns to the line 5 merged.
Inscriptions
- «FRANCISCO I. AUSTR. IMP. CAES. AVG.
- SIGISMUNDO SCOT. FIG.
- CAR. GABER. HUI. SUBURB.PRAEFECT.
- FONS HIC APERTUS EST
- IV. NON. OCT. MDCCCXXXIII. »
" Under the government of Emperor Franz I of Austria, under Sigismund, the Scottish abbot (and) under Karl Gaber, the mayor of this suburb, this spring was opened on October 4th, 1833 "
- «VIRIBUS UNITIS, FACILI CONSENSU
- ANIMORUM
- FONS, MUNUS NOBIS, LIMPI-
- DUS EFFODITUR:
- CLARA STAT EFFIGIES SIGNUQUE
- INSIGNIS AMORIS,
- NATORUM ET NATIS, PIGNUS
- AMORIS ERIT. "
“ With combined forces and through willing agreement of minds, this clear source (= well) was opened up (= built) to us as a gift. It stands as a shining image and symbol of excellent love and will still be a pledge of love for our grandchildren . "
See also
literature
- Dehio-Handbuch, the art monuments of Austria. Topographical inventory of monuments. Department: Vienna. Volume 2: Wolfgang Czerny: II. To IX. and XX. District. Revision. Schroll, Vienna et al. 1993, ISBN 3-7031-0680-8 .
- Helmut Haas: The Isis Fountain in Breitenfeld. In: Wiener Geschichtsblätter , year 1963, XVIII. (LXXVIII.) Volume, Issue 2/1963, pp. 175–178. (Online at ANNO ). .
- Karl Janecek: Latin inscriptions on buildings and monuments in Vienna. Collected, translated and explained. Berger, Horn, 1956.
Web links
- wien.at - Isis Fountain
- Isis Fountain in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 51.9 ″ N , 16 ° 20 ′ 38 ″ E