Prinzregentenbrunnen

View of the Prinzregentenbrunnen

The Prinzregentenbrunnen is a fountain built in honor of the Bavarian Prince Regent Luitpold in the station district of Augsburg . It is located on Prinzregentenplatz and is an architectural monument .

history

At the end of the 19th century, the Augsburg city magistrate decided to erect a memorial to the Prince Regent, who had ruled since 1886, on his 80th birthday (1901). For this purpose, a monumental fountain was planned on the former Schnurbeinschen garden area. However, construction of the fountain did not begin until 1901 and its unveiling was celebrated in 1903.

The bronze statue of the fountain was removed from Augsburg during the Second World War and brought to Hamburg. There it narrowly escaped being melted down and could be put back on the well in 1950.

Fountain and bronze statue

Prince Regent Luitpold

The fountain consists of a basin made of shell limestone with a diameter of 13 meters, framed with granite steps. An octagonal pedestal rises in the middle . On this stands the bronze figure of the Prince Regent weighing 867 kg and 2.6 meters high. The statue is the work of the Munich sculptor Franz Bernauer and represents the Prince Regent in the costume of a Knight of the Order of Hubert .

Pedestal

On the front of the stone pedestal there is an inscription in capital letters "Luitpold Prince Regent of Bavaria".

Below, on the four broad sides of the stone pedestal, the prince regent's predecessors are depicted. Facing forward, the portrait of King Ludwig I , to the left , King Maximilian II. , To the right I King Max Joseph and backward King Ludwig II.

There are gargoyles on the diagonal corners of the pedestal .