Luna fountain
The so-called Luna fountain is on the market square in Lüneburg in front of the town hall . It is adorned with a bronze statue of the moon goddess Luna with a bow and arrow; the original from 1532 was stolen and melted down in 1970; today's statue is a replica from 1972. The fountain is a little west of the center of the market. Above two bowls with a diameter of 110 and 64 cm, probably created by Hans Snitker in Gothic times, there is a column and above it a statue of the goddess Artemis . The goddess has also been interpreted as the moon goddess Luna in Roman mythology . Their name was considered the origin of the city name Lüneburg in the 16th century.
The fountain has been a frequent target of vandalism over time. In 1970 the statue was sawed off at the height of the goddess's ankles and stolen. In 1972 the fountain figure was refilled three times. After a gargoyle was broken off during renewed vandalism , the reconstructed original of the fountain was brought to the Museum for the Principality of Lüneburg (now the Museum Lüneburg ). A copy of a fountain stands almost in the middle in front of the town hall on the market square. The third replica of the fountain figure came in Lüneburg's twin town Clamart .
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b Doris Böker [Hrsg.]: Fountain in: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany: Monuments in Lower Saxony (Volume 22.1): Hanseatic City of Lüneburg with Lüne Monastery , Petersberg, 2010, p. 187 online
- ^ Hunting goddess in Lüneburg disarmed. June 21, 2017, accessed April 18, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Carolin George: Luna bubbles twice , Hamburger Abendblatt, September 25, 2010, accessed on April 18, 2020