Löwenbrunnen (Darmstadt)
| Lion fountain | |
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 Lion Fountain (2011) |
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| Data | |
| place | Darmstadt |
| builder | Franz Harres |
| Builder | City of Darmstadt |
| Construction year | 1835 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 '15.9 " N , 8 ° 39' 21.7" E |
The Löwenbrunnen is a fountain in Darmstadt .
History and description
The Löwenbrunnen was originally located in front of the Zum Goldenen Löwen restaurant at Große Ochsengasse 2 in Darmstadt. In 1897 the fountain was moved to the yard of the Victoria School . Today the lion fountain stands on the square at the city church .
The sculptor Franz Harres modeled the resting lion out of red sandstone in Rome in 1835 . The base of red sandstone with the water-spouting, metal lion heads probably comes from the sculptor Johann Baptist Scholl the Elder . In front of the base there are semicircular bowls on three sides to collect water.
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 84.