Peter Henlein Fountain

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Peter Henlein Fountain (2010)

The Peter Henlein Fountain on Hefnersplatz in Nuremberg was built in honor of the alleged inventor of the pocket watch, Peter Henlein . The fountain, donated by the city of Nuremberg and the watchmakers' association, was unveiled at the opening of a watch exhibition in 1905. The bronze statue was made by the Nuremberg art foundry Ernst Lenz based on a model by the Berlin sculptor Max Meißner (* 1859) .

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Web links

Commons : Peter-Henlein-Brunnen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. The Peter-Heinlein Fountain in Nuremberg on nuernberg.bayern-online.de
  2. ^ Richard Hammer: Catalog of the historical clock exhibition Nuremberg. Nuremberg 1905.
  3. Willy Oskar Dreßler : Dressler's Art Handbook , 8th Edition, Volume 2. Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin 1921, p. 385.
  4. Bronze Art in Nuremberg ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at kunstgiesserei-lenz.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstgiesserei-lenz.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '2.8 "  N , 11 ° 4' 23"  O .