Liebenbach Monument

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Liebenbach Monument

The Liebenbach Monument is a fountain on the market square of the northern Hessian city of Spangenberg .

monument

The monument was donated by the Kassel textile entrepreneur Heinrich Salzmann , born in Spangenberg in 1851 , and inaugurated in 1902. It is on the Spangenberg market square not far from the town hall. The stone kump into which the water flows dates from 1527. The sculptor Erich Hösel , who was then active in Kassel, modeled the group of figures and had them cast in bronze . The water is not drinking water . There is seating around the monument, and a tree provides shade.

history

The memorial shows the death scene from the saga of Kuno and Else . This legend is widespread in and around Spangenberg. Several authors have written their own versions of this so-called Liebenbach saga, the most famous of which is that of Karl Engelhard from 1909. The Brothers Grimm and Heinrich Bertelmann took up the subject before him . The singspiel Die Liebesquelle zu Spangenberg, composed by Karl Goepfart with texts by Alberta von Freydorff, was premiered for the inauguration of the monument in 1902 and for the 600, 650 and 700 year anniversary celebrations of the award of city rights to the city of Spangenberg by the gentlemen from Treffurt offered again (1909, 1959 and 2009). It was also shown in other years for no special reason.

The legend

Below is a full version of the legend:

“Long years ago, a simple craftsperson and a rich bourgeois daughter lived in Spangenberg. The tradesman's name was Kuno, the girl Else. Both loved each other so much that they thought of getting married. But the girl's parents wanted nothing to do with the two of them getting married, because they were rich and wealthy and therefore only wanted a wealthy husband for their daughter. They finally agreed to the wedding, but only on one condition. They said: "If you lead the clear spring from the Bromsberg into the city, so that we always have fresh and good water, then you should get married." Since the city had previously lacked good drinking water, they both began to dig a water pipe. Kuno and Else dug undaunted, and their industry lasted forty years. When they had finally led the water from the spring to the city and they were to be solemnly greeted by the citizens and led to the church, they fell into each other's arms and sank dead to the ground. The Spangenbergers buried Kuno and Else with great lamentation and called the stream - because of their love and loyalty - the Liebenbach. It is said of this brook that all who drink from it return to Spangenberg and always want to stay there. "

- Kurt Knierim : Small Town History and Small Town Tales

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Magistrate of the city of Spangenberg: Waters, wells and water pipes of the city. In: Kleinstadtgeschichte und Kleinstadtgeschichten , 2000, page 71.
  2. ↑ The Liebenbach fountain in Spangenberg, In memory of the unveiling ceremony on September 7, 1902. Page 24.
  3. ↑ Kuno and Else. In: Magistrat der Stadt Spangenberg (Ed.): 675 years of the city of Spangenberg. Spangenberg 1984, pp. 127-133.
  4. ↑ Magistrate of the City of Spangenberg: Spangenberger Sagen In: Kleinstadtgeschichte und Kleinstadtgeschichten , 2000, page 126.

Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 58.9 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 58.1 ″  E