Reaper Well
| Reaper Well | |
|---|---|
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| place | Munich , Bavaria |
| country |
 Germany
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| use | Fountain |
| construction time | 1905 |
| architect | Erwin Kurz |
| Coordinates | |
| location | Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 21.5 " N , 11 ° 35 ′ 20.3" E 48 ° 8 ′ 21.5 " N , 11 ° 35 ′ 20.3" E |
The Schnitterinbrunnen is a fountain on Thierschplatz in Munich , in the Lehel district . It is also called Ceresbrunnen or, more rarely, harvest well or earlier after the founder of the Waitzfelderbrunnen .
The fountain is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian list of monuments.
The fountain was created in 1905 by the Munich sculptor Erwin Kurz . A square pedestal with lateral water half-shells rises from a basin at ground level . A figure of the Roman goddess Ceres, depicted as a reaper , kneels on the pedestal .
The pedestal is provided with inscriptions on the front and back:
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recto : 1905 (in the center, in a wreath of ears of corn), and further below: Schnitterin-Brunnen / Designed in 1905 by Erwin Kurz
As the unnecessary repetition of the year suggests, the two lower lines were added later - they are still missing on images from the construction period. It is possible that they were only added when the fountain, temporarily demolished in 1982 due to the construction of the underground, was rebuilt in 1987. -
verso : The dear city / Muenchen / donated by / Karl Waitzfelder / Rentier
Whether the depiction of the reaper with a sheaf of wheat is a deliberate allusion to the name Waitzfelder (derived from wheat field) cannot be proven. Karl Waitzfelder was a co-owner of the Munich bank Levi Waitzfelder (later L. Waitzfelder AG ).
See also
Web links
Commons : Schnitterinbrunnen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ceres fountain. In: City portal Munich. accessed on March 26, 2017.
- ↑ List of monuments for Munich (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-1-62-000-6883
- ↑ a b Bayerischer Architects and Engineers Association (ed.): Munich and its buildings. Bruckmann, Munich 1912, p. 736.
- ↑ Klaus A. Donaubauer: Private bankers and banking concentration in Germany from the middle of the 19th century to 1932. (= series of publications by the Institute for Bank History Research, Volume 9.) Knapp, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-7819-0395 -8 , p. 212.
- ↑ Handbook of German Stock Companies , 30th edition 1925, p. 6386.