List of Coburg fountains
The list of wells in Coburg includes existing well systems in the Coburg city center. The list is arranged chronologically according to the construction and does not claim to be complete.
The city of Coburg has over 30 wells. More than 60 pieces are known by name from the past. In the past, these served to supply the population with drinking and service water as well as fire protection. With the construction of the water pipes from 1890, the wells slowly lost their original function. Today there are still five box wells in Coburg . As a rule, the fountains are connected to the water supply network and are mostly ornamental fountains.
Albrechtsbrunnen
- Location: The Albrechtsbrunnen is in the southern inner courtyard of Ehrenburg Palace ( 50 ° 15 ′ 28 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 3.1 ″ E ).
- History: The Albrechtsbrunnen was one of the first documented Coburg fountains to be built in 1259 in what was then the Barefoot Monastery and remained in its position when the monastery was converted into a castle between 1542 and 1549. From 1572 a spring made of desert maple, from 1794 one on Wolfsrangen and on the Weinstrasse fed the fountain with water. An extensive restoration took place in 1840, the fountain was shut down in 1967, repaired again in 1972 and connected to the water supply network.
- Description: The octagonal basin of the box fountain has corner pilasters . In the middle is a stone well stock with four lion masks, in whose mouth the pipes for the well water are attached. On the fountain column, made around 1680 by the sculptor Hans Philipp Langenhan, there is a lion with a coat of arms. The coat of arms of Saxony (diamond wreath with lion) and of Waldeck (lion and scepter wreath) are depicted on this to commemorate the marriage of Duke Johann Ernst with Charlotte Johanna von Waldeck-Wildungen . Below is the order of the elephants , which King Christian V of Denmark had given the fountain's namesake, Duke Albrecht .
Rückertbrunnen
- Location: The Rückertbrunnen is at the beginning of Rückertstraße on Steingasse, across from Ehrenburg Castle ( 50 ° 15 ′ 27.8 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E ).
- History: The Rückertbrunnen was built as a wooden structure in 1279, and has been a stone well since around 1404. After repairs in 1550, Hans Philipp Langenhan rebuilt the stone box and the fountain column that is still in place in 1680. In 1961 the fountain was renovated. The Rückertbrunnen was an important part of the Coburg water supply, as it distributed the water to other wells in the city via a pipe system. Today it is the only fountain in Coburg. He still draws his water directly from a spring in the Pilgramsroth.
- Description: The box or stick fountain has a round basin reinforced by eight pilasters, two of which are decorated with a relief of a carrot and a lion. In the middle there is a square fountain stick with four lion heads, one of which spouts water with a pipe. On each side there are angel heads with fruit pendants. On the column there is a sculpture that depicts the patron saint of Coburg, Saint Mauritius , looking towards Morizkirche . He is holding a sword in his right hand and a shield with a lion's coat of arms in his left . The lion can be seen as the old Meissen lion, which was present in the Coburg city arms in front of the Mohrenkopf.
Queck Fountain
- Location: The Queckbrunnen stands at the beginning of Queckbrunngasse, at the confluence with the Steintor at the level of house 17 ( 50 ° 15 ′ 24.8 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 10.5 ″ E ).
- History: In the year 1325 the Queckbrunnen was first mentioned in the chronicles. He probably donated water a long time before. The name means a spring in Middle High German , literally a living well. The spring dried up around 1405. In 1601 two springs were discovered again under the well, which were set with stones in a vaulted niche. In 1886 it was rebuilt to its present form next to the Steintor 17 house. In 1992 a renovation was carried out. The well is still not connected to a water pipe and is fed from its own spring.
- Description: The Queckbrunnen is below street level and can be reached via a staircase flanked by round stone posts with six convex steps. The side walls made of natural stone blocks are closed at the top by a wrought iron grille. The lower niche has a well outlet with a cast iron lion head on the curved back wall between two stone benches.
Kindleinsbrunnen
- Location: The Kindleinsbrunnen is at the end of Brunnengasse, at the confluence with the Lohgraben ( 50 ° 15 ′ 42.3 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 54 ″ E ).
- History: The Brunnengasse was first mentioned in a document in 1428, which suggests the existence of a fountain. It was fed by an abundant source. In 1570 there was talk of a box well, the first documented mention of the Kindleinsbrunnen by name dates from 1783. The name is based on the pagan folk belief that small children come from the water or well. Since the water was contaminated from 1870 and the spring slowly dried up due to ongoing development, the well was walled up in 1880. In 1968 the remains of the well were removed. In 1989, as part of the urban redevelopment, the well was restored and it was connected to the water supply network.
- Description: The Coburg sculptor Ruggaber built today's fountain, which is below street level. A steel staircase leads to the arched well room.
Spenglersbrunnen
- Location: The Spenglersbrunnen stands on the southeast side of the Coburg market square on the corner of Ketschengasse ( 50 ° 15 ′ 28.7 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 53.8 ″ E ).
- History: In 1550 the fountain was built as a wooden structure in front of the property of the citizen Spengler, since 1621 it has been a stone fountain, which was rebuilt in 1673. The Spenglersbrunnen got its water from the Pilgramsroth, from 1670 with a water pipe over the Rückertbrunnen. Today it is fed from the water supply network. Renovations were carried out in 1980 and 2005.
- Description: The octagonal box fountain has a fountain stick formed as a baluster with a pearl rod and a leaf wreath. There is a running tube on the front. The pool wall is adorned with a relief depicting a lion and a Moor's head. On the pillar stands a stone lion, which looks to the west and holds two coats of arms, on which the city coats of arms, a lion and a Moor's head, are depicted.
Fountain "Am Grünen Baum"
- Location: The fountain “Am Grünen Baum”, now also often called Sparkassenbrunnen, stands in front of the Sparkasse building on the southwest side of Coburg's market square at the corner of Rosengasse ( 50 ° 15 ′ 29.3 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 51.6 ″ E ).
- History: In 1550 the fountain was built as a wooden structure. In 1677 a new stone fountain was built in front of the Zum green Baum inn. From 1670, the fountain drew its water from the Rückertbrunnen with a water pipe. It has been fed from the water supply network since 1961. In 1977 a renovation was carried out.
- Description: The octagonal basin of the box or stick fountain has parapets and corner pilasters that are adorned with diamond blocks and shields with lion and carrot reliefs. The fountain stick formed as a baluster has a tube on the front, above which pelicans are depicted. On the column there is a stone lion looking east and holding a coat of arms with the Mohrenkopf as the city's coat of arms.
Ketchentor Fountain
- Location: The Ketschentorbrunnen, also called Säumarktbrunnen, is in the lower Ketschengasse in front of house 40, at the confluence of Kuhgasse ( 50 ° 15 ′ 21.3 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 50.9 ″ E ).
- History: In 1566 the fountain was built as a wooden construction, since 1657 it has been a stone fountain. In 1800 it was rebuilt. There has been a Säumarkt on the square since around 1860. Sources of the Albrechtsgarten on the guard supplied the fountain. In 1969 it was connected to the water supply network.
- Description: The box fountain has an octagonal basin. The fountain shaft consists of a rectangular, steeply grooved base on which a classical obelisk is arranged. The four base mirrors have rosette-shaped wreaths, only one of which is equipped with a south-facing fountain tube. The obelisk is decorated with circular signs on the ribbon work, two of which are decorated with the lion on the south side and the Mohrenkopf on the east side.
Citadel fountain
- Location: The Bürglaßbrunnen stands at the end of the Unteren Bürglaßbrunnen, at the confluence with Steinweg ( 50 ° 15 ′ 40.2 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 55.6 ″ E ).
- History: In 1610 the Bürglaßbrunnen was built as a box fountain in wood. From 1616 springs in the Hörnleinsgrund and Kürengrund fed the fountain. In 1707 a new building followed, this time with stones from a quarry near Füllbach. Since the fountain was a traffic obstacle, the city ordered the demolition of the octagonal box fountain with a well stock and two well tubes in 1953. In 1954 it was replaced by a smaller well at the same location. In 2010 the column in the middle was torn down. Since then the well has been dry.
- Description: The sculptor Hans Kohler designed the stone fountain in 1954. In a small octagonal basin there is a rectangular well, which is adorned by two bronze fish that donate the water.
Storm well
- Location: The storm fountain is in the upper Ketschengasse on a square-like extension in front of house 13 ( 50 ° 15 ′ 26 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 52.3 ″ E ).
- History: In 1618 the fountain was built as a box fountain under the name Kasten in Ketschengasse as a wooden construction. After 1700 it was a stone fountain, which from the middle of the 19th century was named Sturmsbrunnen after the landlord and brewer Anton Sturm, who ran an inn at Ketschengasse 15. In 1899 the octagonal well was demolished because it was an obstacle to the growing traffic. A year later the storm fountain was rebuilt in almost the same place with an old column and a small round water basin. In 1979 a renovation was carried out. Initially, the plumber's fountain supplied the fountain, later this took over until it was connected to the water supply network of the fountain in the Zollhof.
- Description: The rectangular well stock, held at the bottom by two volute supports on a square plinth , consists of four sections. Three lion heads are depicted in the middle above the fountain tube. On the pillar is a stone lion holding the city coat of arms with a picture of a Moor's head as a national emblem.
Fountain in the small rose garden
- Location: The fountain is in the small rose garden, on the quarry stone wall with neo-Gothic crenellated towers that separate the rose garden from the actual courtyard garden ( 50 ° 15 ′ 30.2 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 17.6 ″ E ).
- History: Around 1680 the fountain was installed in the princely pleasure garden, later the court garden, which was then newly laid out under Duke Albrecht . It is the only decorative fountain in Coburg that still exists from this period.
- Description: The stone fountain has a semicircular water bowl. A relief is arranged above it. A boy pulls the beard of the god of water , who frowns and spits water. The well is dry.
Fountain at the Bürglaßschlösschen
- Location: The fountain is at the Bürglaßschlösschen in the Josias Garden on the edge of the Theaterplatz ( 50 ° 15 ′ 36.5 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 58 ″ E ).
- History: In 1691 the Jägermeister and chamberlain Wilhelm von Witzleben had the fountain built as a running fountain in the middle of the square in front of the castle. Repairs followed in 1843. Among other things, the base was decorated in the classicism style and the wooden water pipes were replaced by iron ones. Since the fountain became a growing obstacle to traffic over time, the fountain column was moved from the Upper Citadel to the palace garden as part of a redesign of the road in 1904 and placed on the edge of the garden in 1969.
- Description: The six-meter-high fountain column is surrounded by four round stone posts and stands on a single-step pedestal. The column has a square sandstone base, which is profiled with oval cartridges. A cylindrical, smooth stone column is arranged on it, which merges into a profiled cover plate and is closed by a sculpted stone ball about one meter high. The well is dry.
Well in the Salvator Cemetery
- Location: The fountain is in the upper Salvatorgasse in the middle of the Salvatorfriedhofs ( 50 ° 15 ′ 21.3 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 56.4 ″ E ).
- History: The existence of a well in the Salvatorfriedhof in front of the Salvator Church is documented for the year 1734. This was located on the south wall of the cemetery, to the left of the staircase, in a small curve. The Salvatorfriedhof was abandoned after the opening of the cemetery on Glockenberg in 1856, the fountain was still in use in 1869, but was later closed. With the construction of the neighboring school building for the then Alexandrine School, which now houses the Albertinum grammar school , the cemetery grounds were redesigned and the fountain column was erected in 1902.
- Description: The stone fountain column in neo-Romanesque style was created from an old tombstone, which was supplemented by a semicircular stone basin. A metal lion head serves as a gargoyle. In 1965, Brunnen was shut down.
"To the fishing" fountain
- Location: The “Zur Fischerei” fountain is located at the entrance to the exhibition building of the Coburg Art Association in Leopoldstrasse ( 50 ° 15 ′ 28.3 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 23.5 ″ E ).
- History: The fountain was built at the end of the 19th century in the beer garden of the restaurant "Zur Fischerei". The property in Webergasse belonged to the innkeeper Wilhelm Fischer from 1889 to 1931. The restaurant was a well-known meeting place for the Coburg artists and was demolished in 1975 as part of the urban redevelopment for the Mauer car park. The fountain was later repositioned inoperable at the entrance to the Kunstverein.
- Description: The stone fountain has a semicircular water bowl. Above this is a relief showing a water spirit whose mouth spews water. The well is dry.
Fountain at the Frankenbrücke
- Location: The fountain is at the intersection of Marschberg / Hutstrasse in front of the Frankenbrücke, below the house at Marschberg 2 ( 50 ° 15 ′ 10.3 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 27.1 ″ E ).
- History: The wall fountain was part of the main facade of the Art Nouveau house Weichengereuth 3, which the master builder Carl Bauer built in 1904 as a representative house. The building was demolished for the construction of the Frankenbrücke and the fountain at a transformer house was rebuilt in 1997 in place of the Oelberg fountain.
- Description: The historicistic fountain has a large lion mask framed by two hippocamps in its wall . The three reliefs have gargoyles. A shallow projecting basin is arranged underneath and above a terrace parapet adorned with acanthus leaves with a frog.
Herzog-Alfred-Brunnen
- Location: The Herzog-Alfred-Brunnen is on the northern edge of the Coburg Hofgarten near Festungsstrasse ( 50 ° 15 ′ 35.9 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 22.6 ″ E ).
- History: On the initiative of Duchess Marie , the city of Coburg built the fountain in place of a pond in memory of Duke Alfred, who died in July 1900 . On September 9, 1903, the fountain was handed over to its destination without any celebrations.
- Description: The Herzog-Alfred-Brunnen was built by the court mason Peter Renner. In front of a semicircular shell wall, two bronze dolphin sculptures by Carl Oehrlein are arranged as gargoyles. In the shallow water basin there is a fountain in the middle and on the left the male bronze figure "Schreck", a work by Christoph Franz Peter. On the right sits the female figure “Idylle”, a work by August Sommer. A bulging, baroque ornamental grille borders the fountain.
Deluge well
- Location: The flood fountain is in the southern part of the Coburg rose garden ( 50 ° 15 ′ 5.6 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 58.5 ″ E ).
- History: The citizens of Coburg donated the fountain to their Duke Carl Eduard to commemorate the beginning of his reign in 1905. On Sunday, November 11, 1906, the bronze casting of the monumental group of figures was inaugurated as the Carl Eduard Fountain in the presence of the duke couple. Until it was moved to the southern end of the garden in 1962, the deluge fountain stood in the middle of the rose garden.
- Description: The Flood Fountain is a work by the Coburg artist Ferdinand Lepcke and a copy of the Flood Fountain from 1898 for Viktoria Park in Bromberg, then Prussia . The sculpture shows how humans and animals want to save themselves from the floods during incessant rain, which is generated by a water curtain.
Alexandrine Fountain
- Location: The Alexandrinenbrunnen is in the Alfred sourdough plant next to the remaining portico of the Ernst Alexandrinen Volksbad . ( 50 ° 15 '35.8 " N , 10 ° 57' 36.7" E ).
- History: On August 27, 1908, the fountain was inaugurated in memory of Duchess Alexandrine , wife of Duke Ernst II . Alexandrine bequeathed 120,000 marks to the city of Coburg for the construction of the public baths, which was completed in 1907. The monument was donated by the Privy Councilor of State Julius Messmer and his wife Olga. The design of the facility, originally located right next to the entrance to the bath, comes from the Coburg city architect Max Böhme, Otto Poertzel created the bronze bust and Paul Naumann created the water basin with a fountain. After the public baths were demolished in November 1977, the fountain system was moved to the property boundary of the Rückert School in 1978 as part of the redesign of the green area.
- Description: The ornamental fountain consists of a four-column, richly ornamented natural stone wall in the middle of which the coat of arms of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha adorns the gable. There are stone benches to the side. Between the two inner columns, below the coat of arms, is the bust of the Duchess Alexandrine, in front of which there is a rectangular, flat water basin with a fountain.
Fountain at the Alexandrinum
- Location: The fountain is in the school yard of the Alexandrinum grammar school ( 50 ° 15 ′ 20.8 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 13.2 ″ E ).
- History: the age of the well is unknown. The school buildings were built in 1955.
- Description: The fountain consists of a stone vase with a metal lid in the middle, from which the water gushes. This flows over the vase into a flat, polygonal stone basin.
Fountain at the parking garage Mauer
- Location: The fountain is in Webergasse at the Mauer car park opposite House 21 ( 50 ° 15 ′ 35 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 48 ″ E ).
- History: The fountain was erected on September 7, 1977 as part of the new construction of the Mauer car park. The Coburg sculptor Egon Ruggaber designed and manufactured the fountain on behalf of Wohnbau GmbH. The cost was about 37,500 DM. The 7-Heller fountain, which was first mentioned in a document in 1490, was located in almost the same place. In 1954 the Pumpenschwengel fountain was dismantled as part of the urban quarter renovation.
- Description: The fountain is designed as a round source stone. The seven-ton well stone is made of dark granite from Fürstenstein . The water gushes from a centrally placed jellyfish and flows over the stone into a paved channel. A circulation pump takes care of the water supply to the circulating fountain.
Bahnhofsplatz fountain
- Location: The station square fountain is on the station square in front of the headquarters of the insurance company HUK-COBURG ( 50 ° 15 ′ 47.6 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 31.1 ″ E ).
- History: On May 21, 1980, a fountain sculpture by the Nuremberg sculptor Heinz Heiber was inaugurated on the station square. It was sponsored by HUK-COBURG to beautify the square in front of their main building from 1970. As part of the redesign of the station square, the HUK installed a new fountain system in 2007, which was designed by the Munich artist Manfred Mayerle .
- Description: The fountain sculpture from 1980 consisted of two arched granite blocks, each weighing 52 tons. The processing of the blocks originally weighing 72 tons by Heinz Heiber took about nine months. Today's fountain consists of a curved and inclined 9.5 meter long wall of water with a waterfall, a 17.04 meter long and 5.54 meter wide basin and a rotating water disk.
Fountain in Lossaustraße
- Location: The fountain is in the rear parking lot of the Hotel Stadt Coburg at Lossaustraße 12 ( 50 ° 15 ′ 53.9 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 29.4 ″ E ).
- History: In 1980 the owner of the Hotel Stadt Coburg had the fountain made by the Coburg master craftsman Geiger and installed in front of the hotel in Lossaustraße. After frequent, deliberate damage, its location was moved behind the hotel.
- Description: The no longer functional fountain consists of a metal globe, which is arranged in a metal water bowl. The globe was illuminated from below by lamps and sprayed on by water nozzles.
Well in front of the tax office
- Location: The fountain is in front of the Coburg tax office at Rodacher Straße 4 ( 50 ° 16 ′ 14.7 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 52.4 ″ E ).
- History: The new building of the tax office on Rodacher Strasse began in 1981, and the move followed in the summer of 1983. As part of Kunst am Bau , a fountain by the artist Erich Hiemisch was installed to upgrade the forecourt.
- Description: The fountain sculpture is made of cast aluminum and stands on two granite plinths. It is similar to a screw. It is popularly known as the “tax screw”. The fountain has been broken since the 1990s. A repair must be omitted for reasons of cost.
Fountain in the Anna B. Eckstein facility
- Location: The fountain is in the Anna B. Eckstein facility between Mohrenstrasse and Walkmühlgasse or Mühlgasse ( 50 ° 15 ′ 38.3 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 45.1 ″ E ).
- History: In 1985 the fountain was built in a green area that was named after Anna Bernhardine Eckstein on May 4, 1987 . The teacher and pacifist was born in Coburg in 1868, traveled to the USA in 1884 , returned around 1910 and died in Coburg in 1947. As a champion for world peace, she presented a petition with more than a million signatures at the second Hague Peace Conference in 1907. In 1919 she published the book "State Protection Contract to Secure World Peace". In 1919 she joined the German League for the League of Nations .
- Description: The fountain by the Coburg sculptor Egon Ruggaber cost 9,300 DM. It consists of a round stone column with a small, flat water basin on top.
Fountain at the Albertinum
- Location: The fountain is in the lower enclosure 1 in front of the Albertinum grammar school ( 50 ° 15 ′ 23 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 55 ″ E ).
- History: The fountain was built as part of the extension of the Albertinum grammar school, which was inaugurated on July 26, 1985, to upgrade the new school entrance.
- Description: Inspired by the musical high school Albertinum, the Coburg sculptor Egon Ruggaber designed and manufactured the Musenbrunnen. The nine mushroom-shaped gargoyles are of different strength in the material and symbolize the nine goddesses of the muses . Around the mushrooms there is a flat and round water basin, which is bordered by a stone bench. It is possible to enter the fountain and linger on the bench via two steps and three openings in the bench.
Cucumber Alex Fountain
- Location: The Gurken-Alex-Brunnen is in the middle of Herrngasse in front of House 13, at the confluence with Theatergasse ( 50 ° 15 ′ 30.7 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 58.4 ″ E ).
- History: The fountain was inaugurated on April 18, 1986 in memory of Alexander Otto (* August 26, 1884 - March 23, 1960). Otto, active as a flying trader, was popularly known as Gurken-Alex because he sold the pickled cucumbers, so-called "miners", from buckets at public festivals and in inns. His eloquence and repartee were known. Despite a severe visual impairment, he was humorous and lived independently. On the initiative of the Narhalla Coburg carnival association, a fundraising campaign for the 55,000 DM well was carried out and the drinking water well was built.
- Description: The stone fountain column with three small, staggered basins was created by the Coburg sculptor Egon Ruggaber. The bronze sculpture of the Gurken-Alex comes from Hans Kohler. The Coburger Tageblatt of April 18, 1986 and copies of the inauguration speeches were placed in the well.
Tanner's Fountain
- Location: The Gerberbrunnen is at the beginning of Mohrenstrasse, on the square in front of the Gräfsblock ( 50 ° 15 ′ 37 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 53 ″ E ).
- History: The fountain was inaugurated on October 3rd, 1987 in memory of the tanners' guild . Tanners were first mentioned in a document in Coburg in 1474. Since they needed water for their craft, they settled on the Hahn River and had their centers in Lohgraben and Gerbergasse. The sculptor Franz O. Lipp created the fountain sculpture. The base and the associated installations come from the Kaltenbach company. The cost of the tanner's fountain was DM 720,000.
- Description: The fountain sculpture shows working tanners. A verse by Hans Sachs about the work process of the tanners decorates the water basin.
“Today I henck into the brook,
then throw them into the Escher.
Afterwards
I throw them into the tale
Since they rest for a while, then
I open it up at Stangn
Wüsch afterwards with a Harwüsch
And have it feyl on the leather table "
Tubular fountain in Brückenstrasse
- Location: The tube fountain is on Brückenstraße, between Lossaustraße and Raststraße, in front of an administrative building of the HUK ( 50 ° 15 ′ 53.7 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 31.3 ″ E ).
- History: The fountain sculpture by the Stuttgart artist Georg Karl Pfahler was inaugurated in June 1990. The client was the insurance company HUK-COBURG, which had a fountain set up in front of their administration building to upgrade the space.
- Description: Pfahler designed the work of art in accordance with the HUK specifications for a transparent, open and permeable fountain. It consists of 200 meters of stainless steel pipes arranged between four baltic brown granite blocks. The paved water basin is integrated into the pavement. A circulation pump takes care of the water supply to the circulating fountain.
Fountain at the Post car park
- Location: The fountain is in a small square behind the Post multi-storey car park, where Schenkgasse and Mühlgasse intersect ( 50 ° 15 ′ 45 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 54.4 ″ E ).
- History: The fountain comes from the Coburg sculptor Egon Ruggaber and was erected in 1992 to upgrade the small square. It cost about 12,900 DM.
- Description: The square fountain column consists of a granite stone from which two circular, through holes have been drilled. At the top there is a small, round basin with the water dispenser. The well is fed from the water supply network.
Fountain at the Morizkirche
- Location: The fountain is in Pfarrgasse, on a square between the Morizkirche and the building authority of the city of Coburg. ( 50 ° 15 ′ 25.4 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E ).
- History: The fountain was created as part of the redesign of the open space in front of the Morizkirche. It was inaugurated on May 30, 2002. The design comes from the Munich artist Manfred Mayerle, who was inspired by marbles that were found during excavations at the Morizkirche.
- Description: Three stone balls of different sizes and a large, round disc divided into squares symbolize the game of marbles. The inclined plate has 16 water fountains, four of which bubble at quarter of an hour, eight at half an hour, twelve at three quarters of an hour and finally every sixteen at full hour.
Albertsplatz fountain
Fountain on Albertsplatz in front of the Luther School
- Location: The fountain is at the eastern end of Albertsplatz ( 50 ° 15 ′ 23.5 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 49.6 ″ E ).
- History: The fountain was built for around 190,000 euros as part of the redesign of Albertsplatz. It was inaugurated on November 6, 2011.
- Description: The fountain has 25 fountains that are generated by individually controlled pumps and illuminated from below. Six different fountain images are alternately shown every five minutes under computer control. The height of the water columns, up to two meters, and the formation of the water feature can be influenced by passers-by using sensors installed in the ground.
Gallery of other fountains
Fountain around Prince Albert Monument, Marktplatz ( 50 ° 15 ′ 29.9 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 53 ″ E )
Fountain at the HUK
access at Callenbergerstr. ( 50 ° 15 ′ 55.5 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 29.7 ″ E )
Well at the Rückert Middle School ( 50 ° 15 ′ 37.2 ″ N , 10 ° 57 ′ 36.5 ″ E )
literature
- Sibylle Lüdtke: Well-known and unknown fountains in the city of Coburg . Reprint from the 2005 yearbook of the Coburger Landesstiftung, ISBN 3-00-018565-8
- Peter Morsbach, Otto Titz: City of Coburg. Ensembles-Architectural Monuments-Archaeological Monuments . Monuments in Bavaria. Volume IV.48. Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-87490-590-X
Web links
Commons : Brunnen in Coburg - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Coburger Zeitung, September 10, 1903
- ^ Coburger Zeitung, November 13, 1906
- ↑ Video of the fountain system ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Water walls - Kusser Brunnen SYSTEM ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.3 MB)
- ↑ Ulrich Göpfert: Der Gurken-Alex - A Coburg Original
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