Rebekah Fountain
The Rebekka-Brunnen (officially: Rebekkabrunnen , according to the fountain address Rebecca-Brunnen ) is a fountain behind the Dreikönigskirche in Dresden's Inner New Town . He was from 1863 until the destruction will be renovated and Dresden in 1945 in operation, but was only in 1992 put into operation again.
description
The fountain is designed as a 1.10 meter high sandstone trough with a generally square, rounded base, which is surrounded by a circular three-step staircase. In the middle of the trough stands a sandstone pillar, above it in turn a cast iron pillar that bears the “tall, slender figure of Rebekah ”. Small, semicircular basins are leaning against the four outer sides, into which dolphin heads spew water. The fountain has a height of about 5.70 meters.
Since when the fountain was called Rebekka-Brunnen cannot be proven. From the time it was built until 1952, the fountain was known as the fountain behind the Dreikönigskirche .
History until 1945
After the completion of the tower of the Dreikönigskirche in 1845, the city tried to adapt the space in front of the tower, which was built on at that time, to the character of the church. In 1859/1860 these “royal village” private buildings were acquired in order to demolish them. This project was welcomed by many residents of Neustadt, who hoped that it would improve their own water supply: In one of the houses bought by the city, an eighth line of a water supply that conveyed drinking water from the Dresdner Heide to the Neustadt ended; the city was expected to make this water accessible to the public and to alleviate the “water shortage” in the Inner New Town.
On June 19, 1860, the Dachsel water inspector presented a sketch for a fountain design for this water pipe and at the same time recommended the circular planting of trees around the fountain. At the same time, the actual source version, which was accessible to the public, was separated from it and it was probably handed over in 1860.
The discussions about the proposal to build a well lasted longer because the crowning of it with a gas lantern suggested by him led to extensive considerations about the sense of such a project. In any case, the design of the fountain at the top of the column in the middle of the trough had not yet been decided when the sculptor Carl August Hauptmann submitted an invoice for the completion of the fountain including the central column on September 17, 1863.
The drafts for the gas lantern must have been unusually bad, according to Eilfeld based on historical files, that for aesthetic reasons this project was finally abandoned in October 1863.
On January 14, 1864, city architect Friedrich submitted his proposal for a winter protective housing and a surrounding grille as well as a final essay in the form of a cornice "on which a female figure (water-bearer) rises" as the "cheapest and most delicate mediation". This proposal is accepted and implemented immediately afterwards, on August 12, 1864 the zinc figure was bought by the Berlin company Pohl & Comp. delivered. It will probably have been set up immediately afterwards.
It is noted that the fountain donated water 24 hours a day until at least 1883, in 1885 it was designated as “from the start of working hours until 7 in the evening, respectively. 8 o'clock “operated.
History after 1945
The fountain survived the destruction of Dresden in 1945 largely unscathed (with the exception of the water technology), but fell into disrepair due to the weather and willful destruction. The figure of Rebekah disappeared without a trace in 1952. In 1953, the well was described as "in order, commissioning desired". This did not happen during the GDR era.
In 1992 an intensive search for text and image material on the fountain began, in October 1993 finally for the renovation of the fountain, financed by the Dussmann Foundation and under the management of the Köckritz and Aust company. The new production of the fountain, with the exception of the figure of Rebekka, was carried out by the Dresden companies Gönnert & Partner and Heidelmann & Hein, and that of water technology by the Dresden company Eberhard Grundmann. The lost Rebekah was remodeled at Burg Giebichenstein Art College in Halle by Michail Boleslav Karlowski and made in cast iron by the "Aust and Köckritz Metal Restoration" in Ortrand .
The renovated fountain was opened to the public on May 19, 1994, followed by the setting up of the square with trees according to the historical proposal from 1860 by the Dresden City Garden Authority.
See also
literature
- Detlef Eilfeld, Jochen Hänsch: The Dresden fountain book - water in its most beautiful form. Volume I. SV Saxonia Verlag, Dresden 2013, ISBN 978-3-939248-87-3 . Pp. 149-152.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Eilfeld, Hänsch, p. 149.
- ↑ Eilfeld considers the "spelling used on the fountain" to be "obviously wrong"
- ↑ a b Eilfeld, Hänsch, p. 150.
- ↑ a b c Eilfeld, Hänsch, p. 151.
- ↑ a b c d Eilfeld, Hänsch, p. 152.
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 40.4 " N , 13 ° 44 ′ 33.3" E