Kaiser Ludwig Fountain
The Kaiser-Ludwig-Brunnen is located at the eastern end of Luitpoldstrasse within the listed old town of Weißenburg in Middle Franconia in Bavaria . The fountain is registered under the monument number D-5-77-177-257 as an architectural monument in the Bavarian monument list.
history
1338 was Imperial City of White Castle of Ludwig of Bavaria 's urban forest given that at the eponymous Ludwigshöhe is. 16 years earlier he had won the battle of Mühldorf in 1322 with help from Weißenburg . In his honor, after a Bavaria-wide competition , from which Emil Dittler emerged as the winner, today's fountain was built in 1903.
description
At the fountain there is a monumental statue of Ludwig the Bavarian. The octagonal well floor is made of shell limestone . Eight pillars with face masks as gargoyles carry a round bowl from which a square, curved pillar grows. Over two gargoyles in the shape of a deer and boar head, the coat of arms, dedication and statue of the king follow. The capital bears three tritons and a mermaid in strong reliefs and above it the bronze figure of King Ludwig the Bavarian.
gallery
Statue of Ludwig the Bavarian
Gargoyle in the shape of a dog
Gargoyle in the shape of a frog
Gargoyles in the shape of a deer and a boar
literature
- Gotthard Kießling: City of Weißenburg i. Bay. (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume V.70 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-87490-582-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.weissenburg.info , accessed on March 6, 2014
- ^ A b Kaiser-Ludwig-Brunnen in the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
- ↑ Kaiser-Ludwig-Brunnen in Weißenburg , www.qualipano.de, accessed on March 6, 2014
- ↑ www.belocal.de , accessed on March 6, 2014
Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 50.5 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 27.3 ″ E