List of frog wells
This list contains frog fountains, i.e. fountains in public spaces that have frogs as their theme.
| designation | image | Location | Artist | Establishment of inauguration |
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| Frog fountain (Bozen) |
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Bolzano , at the station square (location) |
Ignaz Gabloner | 1930 | water-spouting frogs on the edge of the pool |
| Frog fountain (Flensburg) |
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Flensburg , southern area of the park at the train station (location) |
unknown | The border of the former Bismarck fountain is part of today's frog fountain | |
| Froschbrunnen (Frankfurt am Main) |
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Frankfurt-Zeilsheim , Welschgrabenstrasse (location) |
1984 (inaugurated) | Red sandstone frog ; see list of fountains in Frankfurt am Main # Froschbrunnen and | |
| Frog fountain (Freiburg im Breisgau) |
Freiburg im Breisgau |
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| Frog Well (Hartha) |
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Hartha , Central Saxony district , on the market square (location) |
1996 | ||
| Frog fountain (Leipzig) |
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Leipzig , on Rabensteinplatz , a green area in the eastern suburb of Leipzig (district center-southeast) (location) |
Werner Stein / Markus Gläser (restored) | 1909/2018 (restored) | The bronze fountain sculpture consists of a group of figures with two children and a large water-spouting frog. |
| Frog Fountain (Sanssouci) |
Potsdam , in Sanssouci Park (location) |
Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse (architect) / Friedrich Wilhelm Dankberg (sculptor) | 1851 (not preserved) | The fountain sculpture made of cast zinc consisted of a capital-shaped base with a round top. A crowning boy kneeled on it and carried a small fountain bowl. The eponymous water-spouting frogs were grouped in a circle around the central fountain sculpture. Of the fountain removed shortly after 1900, only the round fountain basin is preserved. | |
| Frog Fountain (Stuttgart) |
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Stuttgart-Ost , at Haußmannstraße 36a (in front of the former Villa Wirth ) (location) |
Emil Kiemlen | 1900 | In 1953 the bronze figures were re-cast and in 1990 the fountain was renovated. |
| Frog Fountain (Sulingen) |
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Sulingen , Lange Straße, Diepholz district (location) |
Robert Enders | 1973 | Bronze; see Sulingen # art in public space |
| Frog fountain (Weimar) |
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Weimar , behind the school with the name Staatliche Gemeinschaftschule Jenaplanschule Weimar in the Steubenstrasse / corner of Cropiusstrasse (Lage) |
Arno Zauche | around 1910 | from local shell limestone |
| Froschbrunnen (Vienna) |
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Vienna , 4th district , Wieden , in the Resselpark on Karlsplatz (location) |
1902 | The fountain was built in memory of the sculptor Viktor Tilgner based on an original model from his estate. On a pedestal stands a bronze sculpture with two putti holding gargoyles in the shape of a fish or a goose. At the edge of the fountain basin there are four bronze sculptures depicting water-spouting frogs. |
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Art in Public Space Frankfurt, accessed on June 10, 2020
- ↑ Fig. On the website of the Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin, accessed on June 10, 2020
Web links
Commons : Frog Well - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
