Popperöder fountain house
The Popperöder Brunnenhaus is an important architectural and cultural monument of the city of Mühlhausen in Thuringia . The entire system consists of the well socket of the Popperöder spring, the well house and an enclosure. There are also other springs in the vicinity of the facility (Grundsloch and Brunnen V), which are still used to supply the city with water today.
location
The Popperöder Brunnenhaus is located about four kilometers west of the city center, on the site of the Popperode desert , near the Mühlhausen recreation area Schwanenteich . The natural spring is located at a height of 227.6 m above sea level. NN .
history
According to a tradition from Mühlhausen, the Popperöder spring was built around 1199 as a result of an earthquake on the edge of the former village of Poppenrode . A sinkhole formed , which quickly filled with water and could be used as a natural spring. The karst spring is the origin of the Popperöder brook, which flows into Mühlhausen and which was of great economic importance for the neighboring town as it enabled several water mills to be operated. The village of Poppenrode was designated as a desert from 1552 .
The fountain festival in Mühlhausen has been documented since 1605 . Mühlhausen councilors and mayors Gregor Fleischhauer and Conrad Ebenau made the decision to provide the spring with a stone border and to build a well house next to it for celebrations. The necessary construction work was carried out by the master builder Hans Rinke from Mühlhausen .
On the return home from Münster to Sweden in July 1649, the Swedish Hereditary Prince Karl X. Gustav came with his army through the Mühlhausen area and ate lunch in the Popperöder Brunnenhaus with his senior officers and Mühlhausen councilors.
Between 1898 and 1969 there was a stop for the Mühlhausen tram at the Brunnenhaus . The building was repeatedly renovated and repaired. The current condition comes from the Kassel architect Hugo Schneider . After extensive structural renovation in the early 1970s, the Mühlhäuser Museum has been using the building on the upper floor as an exhibition room since 1975. In addition, the fountain festival and other events took place here.
The last general renovation was carried out between 1991 and 1994. The walls of the enclosure and the spring catchment were also renovated.
In the Mini-a-thür leisure park in Ruhla, there is now also a scaled-down model of the fountain house.
Building description
Well house
The structure is a massive stone building on the ground floor, with a half-timbered upper floor and a roof surface with five decorative turrets designed in old German slate . The building has an arbor-like porch with two Tuscan columns on the side facing the fountain . It is also known as the arcade hall . The half-timbered upper floor is adorned with curved St. Andrew's crosses. The windows were inserted in the bay windows.
Source version
The original spring version was created when the fountain house was built. The foundation was made on a grate made of oak posts. Steps made of local travertine stone were arranged around the circular water surface in the center . An iron protective grille encloses and secures the water surface.
Source data
In the well house there is a board with the hydrological data of the spring. The daily discharge is around 3,500 cubic meters of drinking water (40.5 l / s). The water temperature fluctuates between 11 and 16 degrees Celsius . In the 3.8 m deep Popperöder spring there is also a constant occurrence of the common fir-frond (Hippuris vulgaris), a rare and endangered fir-frond plant in Thuringia.
The mineral composition of the spring water was analyzed, in one liter there are in solution:
use
The fountain house is one of the most important sights in Mühlhausen, a popular excursion destination and the location of the Mühlhausen museums . The exhibition on the Popperöder spring is only open to a limited public during wedding ceremonies and on the day of the fountain festival. The traditional fountain festival takes place every year to honor the Popperöder spring . It is organized alternately by Mühlhausen elementary schools. The festival takes place at the beginning of summer and begins with a colorful procession from the respective school to the fountain house. This is where the traditional fountain festival dances take place. The spring is decorated with flowers in honor. The bouquets are weighed down with stones and sunk into a well several meters deep. At the Popperöder spring it is also common to make wishes come true by offering coins. Despite the annual cleaning of the well by special vacuum cleaners, there are still large amounts of coins in the well sediment. Many of them are made of aluminum from the GDR era. The Popperöder Brunnenhaus serves as a photo backdrop for numerous wedding couples. The fountain singing of the happy singers , "jazz at the source" with the Mühlhausen Kulturbund swingers and the "gospel open air" organized by the Mühlhausen gospel choir GospelSounds also have a tradition .
See also
literature
- Matthias Gliemann: The renovation of the Popperode fountain house in Mühlhausen . In: Mühlhausen museums (ed.): Mühlhäuser contributions . tape 22 . Printing and publishing house Mühlhausen, Mühlhausen 1999, p. 31-37 .
- Dieter Fechner: Gregorius Fleischhauer (around 1556 to 1621) . In: moment. April issue. Bad Langensalza 2008, p. 16-18 .
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ The private financing of prestige buildings was a means for the bourgeois councilors to gain influence and sympathy in the bourgeoisie. From the biography butcher shows that he was asked by his first marriage, a considerable fortune as an inheritance in prospect, but there were others entitled to inherit. The later donation of the Poppenröder Brunnenhaus was perhaps a necessary consideration for the favorable outcome of the inheritance dispute for him. Councilor Conrad Ebenau's motives are still in the dark.
Individual evidence
- ^ Zweckverband Trinkwasserversorgung Mühlhausen and Unstruttal: Technical data
- ↑ Reinhard Jordan: Chronicle of the City of Mühlhausen 1600–1770, Volume 3, p. 101
- ^ Architecture Museum of the TU Berlin: Brunnenhaus in Popperode near Mühlhausen
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '3.2 " N , 10 ° 25' 4.9" E