Roman fountain

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Roman fountain
place Trier-Feyen
country Germany Germany
use Production of mineral water
Coordinates
location Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 47.9 "  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 40.3"  E 49 ° 42 ′ 47.9 "  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 40.3"  E

The Römersprudel is a spring on Peter-Scholzen-Straße in the Feyen district of Trier with a low mineral and high carbonic acid content. Therefore classified as a sour well , it was already used as a well in Roman times . The spring was used economically until 1977, is today in a desolate condition and not accessible to the public. Its outflow flows into the Moselle via the Kobenbach .

history

Excavations from 1950 and dendrochronological studies in the 1970s show that at the site of today's well house as early as 542 BC. A larger system for skimming off water existed. Like the Herrenbrünnchen in Heiligkreuz and the fountain at the Lenus-Mars-Tempel in Trier-West , the Römersprudel also made a decisive contribution to the settlement of the Trier valley. Finds from Roman times suggest that the spring has been used for over 4000 years.

In the Middle Ages, the spring belonged to St. Matthias Abbey and in 1800 it came into the administration of the United Hospices as a revolutionary asset of the French , which served the secularization of the former church. Since the restoration of the spring version was unsuccessful in 1859, the spring was privately sold by the Prussian government at the time . The new owner was C. Ed. Mohl. Although it was economically successful for a while, the Römersprudel had to be auctioned off in 1885 and a Kranz family came into its possession. Around 1900 a stock corporation was founded for the operation.

In 1936 the company was taken over by the lawyer Mehn. In 1949 it was rewritten by the coppersmith Franzen under Erwin Schweizer. In the 1950s, the source was still pouring 30,000 liters per day. At that time, based on various studies, there were even plans to build a health spa on site, but the mineral content of the water was insufficient for health resorts and wells . The fountain continued to operate until the production of table water and lemonades was discontinued in 1977 . The Gerolsteiner Brunnen took over the production.

In 1977 the well was taken over by the Trier real estate company TRIWO, which undertook not to use the well economically for at least ten years. In July 1996, TRIWO sold the systems for DM 600,000 , or the equivalent of EUR 308,000, to the Trier Arbeiterwohlfahrt, which filed for bankruptcy in 2000. Since then, the site has become increasingly neglected.

Mineral content

The source is an iron acid with an iron content of around 17 mg per kg of water and around 2.8 per kg of free carbonic acid. It contains a total of 760 mg of dissolved solid components in 1 kg of water. According to studies in the 1950s and 1960s, the water is almost completely free of salt . There are similarly salt-free springs in Bad Schwalbach , Bad Pyrmont and Bad Elster .

literature

  • Mechthild Neyses-Eiden: The Trier "Römersprudel". From the bronze age source to the Roman well room. In: Finds and excavations in the district of Trier 36, 2004, pp. 7-14.
  • Klaus-Peter Goethert: The Trier “Römersprudel”. For the reconstruction of the Roman well room. In: Finds and excavations in the district of Trier 36, 2004, pp. 15–20.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GDA water
  2. ↑ a b c d Entry on Mattheiser Sauerbrunnen Römersprudel in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ Elevation of the various sources according to Erich Gose, the excavator in 1950