Power on land

The fountain power to land on the facade of the Michaelertrakt (2016)

The power to land is a monumental wall fountain on the facade of the Michaelertrakt of the Hofburg on Michaelerplatz in the 1st district of Vienna Inner City . The fountain was designed by the sculptor Edmund von Hellmer , unveiled in 1897 and is a listed building . On the opposite side of Michaelerplatz is the Macht zur See fountain .

description

A curved fountain basin is located in a wall niche. In it rises a rock architecture that carries fallen giants, a snake and an eagle, above it is a male nude figure with a sword on a rock. In contrast to the Power to the Sea , there is no lettering with information on the artist or the year of the unveiling. The fountain basin is made of red granite from Uddevalla , Sweden , Bohemian granite was used for the paving, Lindabrunn conglomerate for the rocks and Lasa marble for the figures. A restoration was carried out from July 2001 to May 2003. In addition to historical photographs, the plaster models kept in the Hofburg's basement depot were used as templates to supplement the figural elements.

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  Well power on land

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  Sculptures of fallen giants

See also

• Fountain in Vienna

literature

• Felix Czeike (ed.): Power to land. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 , p. 123 ( digitized version ).
• Dehio Vienna Inner City 2003 , page 450

Web links

Commons : The Power to Land Fountain  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Power to land in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

Individual evidence

1. ^ Michaelerplatz, Figurbrunnen, 1010 Vienna . Retrieved August 4, 2017.

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '29.4 "  N , 16 ° 21' 57.6"  E