Rudolfsbrunnen

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Rudolfsbrunnen from the west

The Rudolfsbrunnen stands in the middle of Bozner Platz in Innsbruck city ​​center . The fountain, which was built from 1873 to 1877, shows a larger than life statue of Duke Rudolf IV and commemorates the unification of Tyrol with Austria in 1363. The fountain is a listed building .

history

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the unification of Tyrol with Austria, a decision was made on September 29, 1863 to erect a memorial and a committee was formed. This decided that the Unification Monument should be a fountain with a statue of Rudolf IV and sent appeals for donations to the Tyrolean authorities, to other Lieutenancies in Austria, to the members of the Imperial Council, the imperial family, the Minister of War and the military, to the honorary citizens of Innsbruck as well as to the Austrian embassies abroad. In the spring of 1868, artists were invited to submit designs, which were exhibited in 1869. The committee decided on Gabriel von Kaler's design in Romanesque and Renaissance forms. After viewing this plan, the Viennese master builder Friedrich von Schmidt sent his own design in Gothic forms, which was much more imaginative and complex, without being asked . Kaler then withdrew his project. Since the available funds were insufficient for the realization of Schmidt's draft, the committee had to continue collecting donations. It was not until 1873 that the construction of the fountain on what was then Margarethenplatz could begin. The substructure was completed in 1874 and the marble bowls in 1875. On September 29, 1877, the fountain was ceremoniously unveiled in the presence of Crown Prince Rudolf .

The design for the fountain system came from Friedrich von Schmidt, the models for the bronze figures were created by the Imst sculptor Johann Grissemann . The figures and ornaments were made by the kk art ore foundry in Vienna. The stone work and the installation of the fountain was carried out by the Innsbruck stonemason Paul Hohenauer.

The fountain became the model for Heinrich Natter 's monument to Walther in Bolzano from 1886–1889 .

description

Griffin with heraldic shield

The approximately 12 meter high fountain consists of a large, low stone basin, which is closed in a semicircle on the west and east sides. The straight sides are bounded by four cubic plinths with bronze griffins holding heraldic shields with the Tyrolean eagle or the Austrian double eagle and standards with the Tyrolean eagle or the Habsburg lion . In the middle rises a richly articulated base made of Lofer marble, which supports four semicircular water bowls with side columns. The circumferential inscription made of bronze letters under the column shafts reads, starting on the north side: TO THE MEMORY OF / THE 500 YEARS. UNION / TYROL WITH AUSTRIA / 1363. SEPTEMBER 29. 1863.

In an octagonal column with fluted acanthus busy capital is the approximately three-meter-high bronze statue of Rudolf IV. With ducal crown, armor and Duke coat. In his left hand he grips the pommel of the sword, in his right hand he holds a scroll symbolizing the document issued in Bozen , with which Margarethe Maultasch transferred the sovereign rule in Tyrol to the Habsburg Rudolf IV on September 2, 1363.

literature

Web links

Commons : Rudolfsbrunnen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The monument on Margarethenplatz. In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , July 24, 1869, pp. 4–5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ibn
  2. ↑ Open statement. In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , July 31, 1869, pp. 5–6 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ibn

Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '53.81 "  N , 11 ° 23' 51.07"  E