Marie Gey fountain

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Marie Gey fountain

The Marie-Gey-Brunnen (also called Marienbrunnen ) is a fountain on Friedrich-List-Platz in Dresden 's Südvorstadt district . It is a listed building .

history

The Leipzig doctor Paul Heinze, husband of the painter Marie Gey-Heinze , b. Gey in memory of his wife. Gey died in 1908 at the age of 26 in Oetzsch, south of Leipzig . The reason has not been proven for certain. She died either from a pistol shot, in a riding accident, or from suicide. Heinze donated 15,000 marks for the fountain.

The fountain was created between 1908 and 1910 by the Dresden sculptor Georg Wrba . The bronze casting was done by Adalbert Milder & Co. Dresden. The inauguration took place in 1911. In 1945 the figure was knocked over and recovered when trees fell. Since September 1952 the fountain has been back on the old square. A restoration took place at the end of the 1980s. Another renovation took place in 2001. For 84,000 marks, the pool was sealed and natural stone work was carried out within three months. In addition, a modern water circulation system was installed so that for the first time the well no longer had to be supplied with drinking water. The bronze figure was freed from dirt and restored.

The Marie-Gey-Brunnen was recorded in the Wrba catalog raisonné by Günter Kloss under the number 121.

On August 17, 2017, the artist duo Angela Hampel and Steffen Fischer covered the fountain with a veil. In doing so, the artists wanted to encourage a rethinking of the various positions in the welcoming and recognition culture.

Appearance

The location for the fountain was chosen by the founder because Marie Gey-Heinze is said to have always fed cab horses and pigeons at this point. The model for the bronze figure was the wife of the Dresden painter Otto Westphal , Margarete Westphal (according to other sources, the model was Georg Wrba's washerwoman).

In the middle of the octagonal well basin is a square sandstone structure. There is a small bronze base on top. Four putti support a shell-shaped bowl on this. In the bowl there is a nude Aphrodite figure made of bronze, the Greek goddess of love, beauty and sensual desire (popularly known as "shell minna"). She holds grapes in her hands as attributes of fertility. The putti stand for the four constant companions of Aphrodite: the three Charites and Eros . The entire fountain is 3.70 meters high. The sandstone plinth measures 1.39 meters × 1.06 meters × 1.06 meters.

On the back, under the bowl, there is a medallion with the portrait of the painter. In addition to photos, an etching by her teacher Otto Fischer served as a template .

Four fish heads on the central pillar spew water into the large basin. Four dog troughs are attached to the corners. The name of the sculptor, GEORG WRBA, is visible on the edge under a putti.

  • Location of the fountain behind the main train station

  • Upper section

  • medallion

  • Gargoyles

  • Clam and putti

See also

Web links

Commons : Marie-Gey-Brunnen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Detlef Eilfeld and Jochen Hänsch: Das Dresdner Brunnenbuch . 1st edition. tape 2 . SV SAXONIA, Dresden 2015, ISBN 978-3-944210-75-9 , p. 113-118 .
  2. ↑ a b Jochen Hänsch: When Dresden adorned itself with beautiful fountains . In: Saxon newspaper . October 6, 2008 ( saechsische.de [accessed April 13, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Birgit Hilbig: Marie-Gey-Brunnen should bubble in summer . In: Saxon newspaper . April 17, 2001 ( paid online [accessed October 24, 2016]).
  4. ↑ Jutta Tronicke: Water march in the Marienbrunnen . In: Saxon newspaper . August 10, 2001 ( paid online [accessed October 24, 2016]).
  5. ^ Günter Kloss: Georg Wrba (1872–1939). A sculptor between historicism and modernity . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 1998, ISBN 3-932526-20-1 . - Illustration on page 134
  6. ↑ Veiled statue at the main train station . In: Saxon newspaper . August 18, 2017 ( archive.org [accessed April 13, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Fountains and water features. Marie Gey fountain. www.dresden.de, accessed on October 24, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Do you know your city? In: Dresdner Latest News . September 18, 1999 ( online for a fee [accessed October 24, 2016]).
  9. ^ Werner Pinkert: Aphrodite at the train station . In: Saxon newspaper . June 30, 2005 ( paid online [accessed October 24, 2016]).
  10. ^ Günter Kloss: Georg Wrba (1872–1939). A sculptor between historicism and modernity . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 1998, ISBN 3-932526-20-1 . - page 135
  11. ↑ Gert Kossatz: Marie Gey-Heinze was killed in a hunting accident in 1908 . In: Dresdner Latest News . May 10, 2003 ( paid online [accessed October 24, 2016]).

Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 19.4 "  N , 13 ° 44 ′ 0.6"  E