Horse drawn fountain
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
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
- Wolfgang Weihs: Children at the horse-drawn carriage fountain in Hanover , photo from July 17, 1979, europeana , accessed on May 6, 2014
- Olaf Hoffmann: horse-drawn wells , Gallery Public Art in Hanover on olaf.pytalhost.com, accessed on May 5, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Rainer Ertel, Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Hannoversches Brunnenbuch , 1988
- ↑ See the fountain inscription Max Sauk 1978-79 , documented at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Postcard "Hannover-Linden. Limmerstrasse "
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 27.1 " N , 9 ° 42 ′ 18.4" E