Horse drinking fountain
The horse drinking fountain (also called horse head fountain ) is a fountain created by Paul Polte in 1921 on Bautzner Strasse in the Äußere Neustadt district of Dresden . It is a listed building.
history
The Bautzner Straße connected the right Elbe part of Dresden with the eastern foreland of the city. Numerous horse-drawn vehicles operated here until the 20th century. Before the Bautzner Straße leaves the Elbe Valley and climbs eastwards, the Goldener Löwe inn offered the coachmen an opportunity to refresh themselves. The horses could also quench their thirst at the well in front of the house.
Concrete references to a well at this point can first be found in a city council file dated July 22, 1836. At that time, the city council asked for 130 thalers and permission to build a large well. The city council agreed unanimously.
In 1920 the old animal welfare association approached the city council with the proposal to donate a monumental horse drinking fountain. For this, the old pump well should be demolished. The city should pay for the installation of the well and the relocation of the water connection. The city council approved this on November 18, 1920.
Even then, some of Dresden's fountains, which were connected to the waterworks network, were out of order for years to save money. Therefore, the horse drinking fountain should primarily be fed with water from the Oberfischmannsteich water line, a spring water line. Since this line did not deliver drinking water, there was a second connection to the drinking water network. Signs with the words "No drinking water" and "Drinking water" helped to distinguish the draw-off points.
On December 30, 1920, the city council meeting confirmed the plan for the installation of the fountain. The planned costs were: 1900 marks for the production of the water pipes, 1500 marks for the production of the shot, 600 marks for the production of the water pipe behind the shot and 500 marks for civil engineering work - a total of 4500 marks.
During the Second World War , the Goldener Löwe inn was destroyed in 1945 . The fountain in front of it was preserved.
In 1991 the well was renovated. Then the well was fed with drinking water. A computer let the water bubble into the fountain at predetermined times.
In 2013 the well was renovated again. It was integrated into a new green square design with ten Japanese cherry trees . The system technology (electrical control system, sand filter and UV disinfection) was housed in a separate technical room, a little away from the well. The well is operated as a circulation system with intermediate storage for buffering. The re-inauguration took place on April 11, 2014. The costs were borne by the Dresden Transport Authority , with the participation of the Green Space Office, the City Planning Office and the Roads and Civil Engineering Office. The construction of a new residential building east of the fountain in 2015 changed the design of the square again.
description
A competition was held in 1920 to design the fountain. In the end, the city councilors had four drafts. The winning model with the title “ Two Team ” came from Paul Polte, a master student of Georg Wrba's .
The fountain made of concrete and artificial stone has the shape of a horse trough with a central column crowned by two horse heads. The heads are held together by a kumt- like shape. There are two dog drinkers at the foot of the fountain. The fountain bears the inscription "Erected by the old animal welfare association in 1921".
gallery
General view of the square
inscription
Horse drink
Dog drinks
Water outlet on the back
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Detlef Eilfeld and Jochen Hänsch: The Dresdner Brunnenbuch . 1st edition. tape 2 . SV SAXONIA, Dresden 2015, ISBN 978-3-944210-75-9 , p. 141-144 .
- ↑ Catrin Steinbach: Only five systems are currently not operational . In: Dresdner Latest News . April 12, 2014 ( online (free for users of the Dresden City Libraries) [accessed on May 9, 2017]).
- ↑ Bettina Klemm: Let the water go - the first fountains are bubbling up again . In: Saxon newspaper . April 12, 2014 ( online [accessed May 9, 2017]).
- ↑ Notes . In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bauwesen eV, Association of German Architects and Engineers Associations (publisher): Deutsche Bauzeitung . tape 53 . E. Toeche, 1919, p. 516 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed May 9, 2017]).
- ↑ Werner Pinkert: Cool wet from a rack . In: Saxon newspaper . September 30, 2004 ( online (free for users of the Dresden City Libraries) [accessed on May 9, 2017]).
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '46.4 " N , 13 ° 45' 19.8" E