List of works of art in public space in Konz

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This page gives an overview of the art in the public space in Konz , i.e. of the sculptures , sculptures , reliefs and similar works of art that are set up in the city of Konz in publicly accessible space. Wayside shrines and structures such as B. Churches and museums, if any, are described in the articles of the corresponding buildings and listed in the list of cultural monuments in Konz . The works of art created as part of the projects “ Stones on the River ” and “ Sculptures on the River ” are listed as far as they are located in the area of the city of Konz. Since Konz has many works of art set up in roundabouts, these are described in a separate table.

Art in the roundabout

designation	Location	built	Artist	Remarks
Sandstone with stainless steel (I)	Könen , industrial area, on the roundabout between Norma and Edeka. ( Location )	2000	Isabelle Federkeil	Stainless steel, approx. 4 m high
Sandstone with stainless steel (II)	Könen , industrial area, on the roundabout near Norma. ( Location )	2000	Isabelle Federkeil	Sandstone and stainless steel. The turned figure symbolizes the traffic around it.
Blue column	City center, Koksijder Platz. ( Location )	2000	Harald Pompl	The design of the top is based on the Roman past. The column consists of 5 elements that are placed on top of each other at an angle of approx. 5 °. Originally illuminated from the inside, today (2019) only illuminated from the outside.
The circle	City center, roundabout at Rewemarkt ( location )	around 2005	Harald Pompl	Sculpture made of fiberglass and stainless steel: a top on top of the top. Reference to a toy that the Romans already knew. Rotating dynamics due to the figure's 12 ° incline.
Art meets vine	Rolf Robischon -Platz in Konz-Roscheid ( location )	2011	Werner Bitzigeio	The sculpture consists of 3000 vines and was created publicly for three weeks in the cloister garden in Konz as part of the Rhineland-Palatinate cultural summer.
Red tire (better known as Donat gyro)	City center, at the Saar Bridge. ( Location )	2005	Harald Pompl	Plastic made of fiberglass, under the tire there are four Roman stones from a ford or bridge that were recovered during the Saar expansion and some modern stones made of fiberglass. The tire in Roman red symbolizes the crossing of this ford.
Dancer couple	on the B51 at Möbel Martin ( location )	around 2008	Karlheinz Oswald	Bronze sculptures of two dancers on 3 m high bright rocks from a nearby quarry.
The cube (also Roscheider cube)	down on Roscheider Strasse near Lidl ( location )	around 2008	Harald Pompl	Fiberglass plastic; consists of 12 differently colored building blocks and symbolizes their turning in all directions. Also stands for individual building in Konz-Roscheid.

Sculpture paths stones by the river and sculptures by the river

In the area of the city of Konz there are 2 objects from the Stones on the River Sculpture Path and 5 objects from the Sculptures on the River sculpture path

designation	Location	built	Artist	Remarks
Archaic traces	The stone is on the western bank of the Saar a few meters upstream from the Saarbrücken Concerts. ( Location )	1999	Isabelle Federkeil	The stone symbolizes the human intervention in nature. The surface of the stone is unprocessed. The deeply carved lines represent injuries - archaic traces of human efforts to change.
Sandstone	At the mouth of the Saar (west bank) ( location )	1999	Christoph Mancke	Triangular stone in which you can sit, stand and come to rest. Created during the sculpture symposium in Oberbillig in 1999
bridge	At the historic Niedermenniger oil mill ( location )	2007	Thomas Link	Eighteen stones are reminiscent of the remains of a field of ruins, a mighty bridge stone lies over a stream. Created during the 2007 sculpture symposium in Konz
Wave and fold	South-east of the Niedermenniger oil mill on the path along the Mühlgraben ( location )	2007	Johannes Michler	The sculpture refers to the geological movements of the valley. Created during the 2007 sculpture symposium in Konz
Rest	On the hill to the west of the Konzer valley about at the level of Obermennig ( location )	2007	Eileen Mac Donagh	Rises up as a guard over the valley with its wine and cultural landscape. Created during the 2007 sculpture symposium in Konz
bridge	At a crossroads between Obermennig and Krettnach ( location )	2007	Birgit Knappe	A stone split and put back together with the request to stay there. Created during the 2007 sculpture symposium in Konz
High lathe sandstone	On the banks of the Saar in Konz-Könen ( location )	2007	Thomas Michler	The stone is worked in such a way that the statics and weight appear to be suspended. Created during the 2007 sculpture symposium in Konz

Fountain

designation	Location	built	Artist	Remarks
Market fountain	In the eastern part of the market square ( location )	????	????	Main fountain
Fountain in the open-air museum Roscheider Hof	Entrance area ( location )	2002	Roscheider Hof	In the beer garden of the open-air museum
Fountain in the open-air museum Roscheider Hof	Rosengarten ( location )	circa 1980	Roscheider Hof	In the rose garden of the open-air museum
Well in Oberemmel	Maximinerplatz in Oberemmel ( location )	2013	Rosa Vollmuth	Set up in 2012/2013 as part of and with funds from the village renovation for the redesign of Maximinerplatz
Berensborbrunnen and St. Bernhard statue	At the lowest point of the street Am Berensborn next to the menhir ( location )	1989	Silvio Dell 'Antonio	Fountain column with figure of St. Bernhard; Monk and abbot Bernhard von Clairveaux (1090–1153). The representation with the beehive refers to his convincing, "like honey flowing speech"
Concert doctor fountain	Wiltinger Strasse and Martinstrasse ( location )	1984	Willi Hahn	Fountain stele: The "Konzer Doktor" is the symbol of Konz and goes back to the pastor and schoolboy Georg Canaris (1740-1819). Legendary figures cavort next to him, u. a. the Fotschelgeist and the Breesterfrauchen.

Sacred works of art

designation	Location	built	Remarks
Emperor Constantine	Martinstraße, on the church forecourt ( location )	1810	Statue of Emperor Constantine
Christ carrying the cross	Roscheiderstrasse; Hallway Im Kelterberg ( location )	1758	High relief; Christ carrying the cross
War memorial	Wiltinger Strasse and Martinstrasse ( location )	1920s	War memorial 1914/18, expressionist features, mixture of Christian and national symbols

More works of art

designation	Location	built	Artist	Remarks
The wheat field	On the Roscheider Höhe near the cemetery ( location )	around 2000	Harald Pompl	Six rods that are up to 16 meters high and painted in six bright colors. They symbolize the grain fields that used to be here.
Moving school	St. Johann elementary school, Konz-Karthaus, on the edge of the school yard of St. Johann elementary school ( location )	????	Max Bodzin	Symbolizes the moving school concept of the St. Johann elementary school.
Blue deer	At the Luxemburger Damm, near the roundabout on the B 51 ( location )	2007		The blue stag was the advertising medium and the logo for the European Capital of Culture "Luxembourg and Greater Region" 2007. The stag is 1.83 meters tall, weighs around 300 kg and was produced by Arcelor in Belgium.
The fat woman	Schillerstraße opposite the Xundheitszentrum ( location )	1996	Josef Lambertz	Arose in a difficult personal situation
Three disposal points	Below the Kreuz-Konz train stop ( location )	1983	Friedrich Gräsel	Representation of the three directions of floating: up, down and horizontal; originally set up on the Saar, moved to the current location due to the risk of flooding.
Emperor Constantine's foot	Marketplace ( location )	4th century / 2007		Replica of a larger than life foot of the Emperor Constantine. According to the museum, the two-meter-long and 1.80-meter-high work is the world's most exact copy of the original foot. The original of the foot, like a three-meter-high head and a few smaller fragments, belonged to a twelve-meter-high seated statue of the Roman emperor. The Konzer copy is one of a total of 8 identical objects that were set up as advertising material in Trier and beyond as part of the Constantine Exhibition in 2007.
Concert doctoral hat	Left at the driveway to Konz-Roscheid at the Konzer-Doktor-Weinberg ( location )	2018	Harald Pompl	In the foundation colors red, orange and blue, draws attention to the Konzer-Doktor-Bürgerstiftung, a foundation that promotes, educates and integrates young people.
Head heart hand	In front of the St. Johann elementary school in Konz-Karthaus ( location )	2014	Jürgen Waxweiler	Visualizes the head-heart-hand principle of the pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi .
Light art	In Lessingstr. on the street side wall of the Kauflandlager, ( location )	1999	Günter Dohr	Originally colored neon tubes - replaced in 2018 by LED tubes of different colors
Molecular model	Schoolyard of RealschulePlus, Hermann Reinholz Straße ( location )	????	Werner Müller from Zerf	Illustrates the structure of a molecule
Sprayer tunnel	Connects the two parts of Konstantinstrasse ( location )	2011		Tunnel from when the railway was built; Partially renovated in 2017/18. Decorated with graffiti since 2011 as part of a school project, but almost all of them were sprayed over as of 2019.
Roman snail	Schiller Arcades near Schillerstraße ( location )	2000	Liesel Metten	Belongs to the group of sniffer animals, but stands separately in the Schiller Arcades. The figure had lost its right antennae in 2019, the left antennae was cracked.
Wall frieze	A wall frieze at the school gym in Oberemmel ( location )	????	Karl Willems	Represents
Silver Sun (also moon god)	In a small park at the eastern entrance to Konz-Karthaus ( location )	2003	Max Bodzin	5 m high and 1 m wide. Stainless steel on a stone base
Divisa	On the western corner of the Karthaus monastery ( location )	2012	Dieter Balzer	It is a trilogy by Dieter Balzer, which was shown in 2012 in the Trier cattle market thermal baths. After the exhibition, the three components of the total work of art were given to the Konz-Trier-Schweich city network on permanent loan from the Sparkasse Trier cultural foundation. Part of the work is in Trier on the banks of the Moselle, another in Konz at the Karthaus monastery and the last part in Schweich in front of the community center
Mural	A painting at the bus stop in Obermennig (in the direction of Konz) ( location )	????	Karl Willems	Represents
Frescoes by Georg Meistermann	Today u. a. City Library ( location )	1969	Georg Meistermann	Frescoes by Georg Meistermann on the former administration building of the Zettelmeyer company (architect Egon Eiermann )

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