Horse drawn fountain

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The two horse heads at the fountain are modeled on chess pieces

The horse-drawn carriage fountain in Hanover is a fountain on Limmerstrasse at the corner of Kötnerholzweg in the Linden-Nord district . The sculptor Max Sauk created the fountain ensemble in 1978/79.

history

Historical fountain on the diagonally opposite side of the street;
Postcard no. 657 , anonymously , in 1900
The benches of the “ horse-drawn carriage ” created with the fountain serve small children despite being temporarily used as a bicycle parking facility to play with

As art in public space , the fountain installed in 1979 with its two horse heads in the form of chess pieces is a reminder of historical times: Before the expansion of the Hanover city railway , the use of bicycles and the mass use of automobiles, horses were primarily used to move quickly and to transport heavy loads . In particular from the beginning of industrialization, public fountains were set up as drinking troughs in many places in the city to supply the horses with water . For example, a postcard from around 1900 shows a historical drinking trough on the corner of the Kötnerholzweg which is diagonally opposite the current fountain . The horse-drawn carriage fountain is also reminiscent of the site's former post office .

Behind the horses' heads of the fountain, a steel carriage is suggested that covers a bench. This allows the work of art to serve those waiting at the bus stop .

literature

  • Rainer Ertel , Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Linden / Limmer , in: Fountains in Hanover: Fountains and fountains in their districts . Cartoon-Concept, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-932401-03-4 , pp. 64-68
  • Rainer Ertel, Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Hannoversches Brunnenbuch. Fountains and fountains in Hanover. Exemplary and documentary . Fackelträger-Verlag, Hanover 1988, ISBN 3-7716-1497-X , pp. 16-19
  • Gretl Hoffmann: Modern fountains, fountains and water features . Godwin, London 1981, ISBN 0-7114-5605-4 , p. 151

See also

Web links

Commons : Horse-drawn carriage fountain (Max Sauk)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Rainer Ertel, Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Hannoversches Brunnenbuch , 1988
  2. ↑ See the fountain inscription Max Sauk 1978-79 , documented at Wikimedia Commons
  3. ^ Postcard "Hannover-Linden. Limmerstrasse "

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 27.1 "  N , 9 ° 42 ′ 18.4"  E