Roland Fountain (Hildesheim)

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The Roland fountain in front of the town hall

Rolandbrunnen or Rolandsbrunnen is the popular popular name for the fountain on the historic market square in Hildesheim .

The basin of the octagonal stick fountain from the Renaissance consists of eight sandstone slabs . Six of them have reliefs depicting the deeds of the twelve good heroes, the other two heraldic tablets . The crowning figure in the middle of the fountain was and is often believed to be the embodiment of Roland , but only represents a town servant equipped with a lance and shield . Nevertheless, the term "market fountain", which the town of Hildesheim uses on its website, has not been able to establish itself .

A first fountain was built on the market square in the old town in 1540. The original of today's fountain dates from 1548. It was destroyed in World War II. In 1986 this fountain was replicated true to the original.

See also

  • Piepenborn , a fountain built in Hanover in 1551 in the style of the Rolandsbrunnen by Arndt Siemerding and a Hildesheim master of unknown name.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.hi-online.de/touristinfo/sehenswuerdheiten/sp_auto_876.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hi-online.de  
  2. ↑ Jörg Schneider: The Jewish community in Hildesheim from 1871-1942 , accessed on September 22, 2008 (pdf; 157 kB)
  3. ↑ Lower Saxony in pictures on globopix.de, accessed on August 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.ak-verkauf.de/product_info.php/products_id/81022  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 22, 2008.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ak-verkauf.de  
  5. ↑ a b Angelika Dombrowski: Deutsche Monumentalbrunnen im Kaiserreich , p. 38, accessed on September 24, 2008.
  6. ^ Arnold Nöldeke : Piepenborn. In: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Hannover Vol. 1, H. 2, Teil 1, Hannover, Selbstverlag der Provinzialverwaltung, Theodor Schulzes Buchhandlung, 1932 (Neudruck Verlag Wenner, Osnabrück 1979, ISBN 3-87898-151-1 ), p. 731 ff.
  7. ^ Rainer Ertel : Piepenborn. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 502.

Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 10 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 6.4 ″  E