Night watchman fountain (Hanover)
The night watchman fountain in Hanover is a listed fountain system based on a model by the sculptor Hans Dammann in what is now Hanover's Linden-Mitte district . The facility, donated by citizens of the formerly independent industrial city of Linden in 1896 , is part of the original furnishings of the Linden market square - "[...] since that year the weekly market has been held here".
History and description
After the tender of a competition for the city of Hanover on timber market desired Oskar Winter fountain was finished, the submitters in 1895 had a total of 35 different proposed fountain models then in the Kestner Museum were exhibited. There was also the model "Der Thürmer", which was supposed to be reminiscent of the old tower keeper of the market church in Hanover's old town: Friedrich Schwarze was the name of the last tower keeper in Hanover, who served in the church tower until 1907 and his predecessor from the respective night watchmen had been replaced.
Although the “Der Thürmer” model was not chosen as one of the first places after the invitation to tender, Hermann Heinrich Stephanus , the Hanoverian senator and deputy mayor of the town of Linden , which had become an independent industrial city , was enthusiastic. He recommended the Linden magistrate , who shortly before in 1894 had the new Linden “Marktplatz” built, to purchase the “Thürmer” through donations . But the proposal initially met a mixed response since the Thürmer Fountain on the one hand had been for Hannover apparently not good enough, and a "night watchman" hardly be an appropriate symbol for the other to the time independent and emerging industrial city of Linden progress and modernity appeared . The Hanoverian and Linden daily newspapers also stated that no Linden artists were involved, as the fountain design was made by the sculptor Hans Dammann from Berlin.
But Stephanus cleverly argued with his own donation of 5,000 marks and thus headed the list of donors from citizens and companies who had raised almost 16,000 marks in the winter of 1895. Barely a year later, the “night watchman fountain” was inaugurated at its first location opposite the confluence of Schwalenberger Strasse and within sight of the Villa Stephanus with a ceremony in September 1896, before construction of the New Linden City Hall began .
Around 1914 the night watchman's fountain was moved to its final location.
After the seizure of power by the National Socialists and the beginning of World War II which was sculpture of the night watchman during the "legal deposit" for the commodity -Sammlungen for melting down and use for military dismantled purposes.
Only after the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany could the night watchman and his dog finally be found again in 1949 - in Hamburg . Only the symbols for the night , the hangover and the bats that were formerly attached to the fountain , have disappeared. And the old base had also been destroyed. Since the former “ Gutenberg ” or Ebhardt fountain in front of the new town hall of the state capital Hanover was no longer needed, its base was now placed on the Linden market square so that the night watchman could return to his old location in 1950. The four holes on the base, which are still visible today, originally carried a sign with a dedication by Heinrich Ebhardt .
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See also
- Angel of Peace Fountain at the Lindener Bergfriedhof , the oldest preserved artificial fountain in Linden
- List of architectural monuments in Linden-Limmer
- Night watchman fountain (Stuttgart)
literature
- Rainer Ertel : Night watchman fountain. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 459.
- Rainer Ertel, Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Hannoversches Brunnenbuch. Fountains and fountains in Hanover. Exemplary and documentary , Hanover: Fackelträger-Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-7716-1497-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ilse Rüttgerodt-Riechmann: Lindener Berg. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover , part 2, vol. 10.2, ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig 1985, ISBN 3-528-06208-8 , pp. 118f .; here: p. 119; as well as Linden-Mitte in the addendum : List of architectural monuments according to § 4 ( NDSchG ) (except for architectural monuments of the archaeological monument preservation ), status July 1, 1985, City of Hanover , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - publications of the Institute for Monument Preservation, p. 22f.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Rainer Ertel, Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Nachtwächter-Brunnen , in this .: Fountain in Hanover: Fountains and fountains in their districts , with a contribution by Ludwig Zerull , supported by the Rut- and Klaus- Bahlsen Foundation , Hanover: Cartoon-Concept Agentur und Verlags GmbH, 1998, ISBN 3-932401-03-4 , p. 64f.
- ↑ Hans Werner Dannowski : "Then we'll go to Hanover". Views and impressions from a city , with eight collages by Siegfried Neuenhausen , Hanover: Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 2000, ISBN 3-87706-569-4 ; P. 67f .; mostly online via Google books
- ^ Klaus Mlynek : Stephanus, (1) Hermann Heinrich. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover . P. 603
- ↑ Helmut Zimmermann : Lindener Marktplatz , in the same: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 161
- ↑ Compare the photograph from 1896, according to the list of images in the possession of the Historisches Museum am Hohen Ufer
- ↑ Helmut Knocke : Linden town halls. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 410
- ^ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen : Linden market square. In: Hanover. Art and culture lexicon . Handbook and city guide , new edition, 4th, updated and expanded edition, Jump: zu Klampen, p. 167
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 0.9 ″ N , 9 ° 42 ′ 52.2 ″ E