Schliekersbrunnen
As Schliekersbrunnen a be source and a forest restaurant in a river valley in the city forest of Hameln referred. The spring used to be known as the Gesundbrunnen. It was first managed for day trippers around 1730. Schliekersbrunnen was named after the Hamelin citizen Schlieker , who converted the spring into a fountain around 1780 . According to a Hamelin legend , it was a stork fountain . The area around Schliekersbrunnen served the Hamelin vigilante groups as a shooting range from 1688 and is still used today by Hamelin rifle clubs. Today's forest restaurant was built in 1957 by a rifle club next to the local shooting range and renovated in 2000 and 2015.
history
Firing range
As early as 1688 there was a shooting range in the elongated valley of the Deipensiek stream, which the Hamelin vigilante groups and the town's rifle companies used. During this time, which was fortified Hameln to country fortress expanded. The citizens of Hameln were only allowed to use the shooting range to shoot targets after the end of the Seven Years' War from 1763 . Local shooting clubs have been associated with this place ever since. In 1925 a new shooting range was inaugurated, which was rebuilt in 1953. Today two Hamelin rifle clubs as well as the district performance center for riflemen have their headquarters at Schliekersbrunnen.
Spring and stork fountain
The spring, known today as Schliekersbrunnen, was already known as a healthy well around 1730, as people believed in the health-promoting effects of the spring water. The spring developed into an excursion destination for the Hamelin city population. As a result, hospitality huts were built for the guests; coffee, beer, wine and brandy were served there. When Hamelin was besieged during the Seven Years' War, the excursion system ended. After the end of the war in 1763, the citizens of Hamelin collected donations for the reconstruction of a hospitality hut. Around 1780 the Hamelin citizen Schlieker took care of the spring and had it provided with ashlar stones and a well structure. That is why the fountain bears the name of its builder as "Schliekersbrunnen".
Today the fountain appears as a walled fountain enclosure that is a few meters deep. The well opening is covered with panes. There is a symbolic stork figure on it. Individual plastic dolls can be seen on the surface of the water and on the wall of the fountain. The fountain is covered with a wooden structure. The facility was last renovated in 2011.
Fish farming
In the brook valley of Schliekersbrunnen there was already a fish farm in 1857 , which was operated by the city of Hameln from 1865. For this purpose, a pond fed with spring water was used, in which up to 16,500 salmon were bred annually to be released into the Weser. Today there is a fish farm for trout.
legend
According to a legend that arose in Hameln towards the end of the 17th century, the source was a stork fountain . According to the story, a stork brings the children of Hamelin out of the depths of the well into the light of day. If children get pieces of sugar from the innkeeper and throw them into the well to wish they had siblings, the stork should bring as many children into the family as pieces of sugar were thrown into it.
Web links
- The Storchenbrunnen and Schliekersbrunnen at hameln-geschichte.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Renovation of the Storchenbrunnen 2011 ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 16 ″ N , 9 ° 21 ′ 49 ″ E