Schwanenbrunnen (Zwickau)
| Swan fountain | |
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| place | Zwickau , Alte Reichenbacher Strasse / Humboldtstrasse |
| country |
 Germany
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| use | Fountain |
| construction time | 1935 |
| architect | Paul Berger |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Technical specifications | |
| height | about 2 m |
| diameter | 10 m |
| Floor space | 80 m² |
| Building material | including bronze |
| Coordinates | |
| location | Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 6 " N , 12 ° 29 ′ 18" E 50 ° 43 ′ 6 " N , 12 ° 29 ′ 18" E |
The Schwanenbrunnen is a fountain in Zwickau on the edge of the Schwanenteich Park, near the confluence of the Alte Reichenbacher Strasse and the Humboldtstrasse.
description
The fountain consists of a bowl made of ashlar lime and a bronze sculpture with several swans, which rises on a central polygonal base above the water surface, into which water flows from side pipes and nozzles. The fountain is framed by an open space and an adjoining pergola . A park connects to the east.
history
The iron merchant Albin Adolf Barth, the founder of the Transport and Beautification Association, also set up the Eisen-Barth Foundation to do good to the city of Zwickau. He praised a fountain competition, which the Dresden sculptor Paul Berger won. The construction work was carried out by master builder Sütlinger from Zwickau. To the east of the fountain there was a music temple, inaugurated on July 10, 1932, which was also donated by the Transport and Beautification Association and demolished again in 1994.
During the Second World War , the bronze sculpture was melted down; after the end of the war, Albin Adolf Barth had it re-cast.
In the 1980s a four-lane main road was built, which separated the part of the park with the fountain from the actual Schwanenteichpark.
Others
Albin Adolf Barth's daughter, Gisela Meierkord (born January 5, 1929 in Zwickau; † June 11, 2017 in Freiburg im Breisgau), also donated a fountain for Zwickau in 1998, namely the mill wheel on the Kornmarkt . Later she bequeathed Zwickau a post mile column at the former upper city gate and the Neuberin memorial stone next to the Gewandhaus. In 2002 she was awarded the Martin Römer Medal of Honor for her commitment.
Single receipts
- ^ Siegfried Meyer: The legacy of the iron trader. In: www.freipresse.de. June 11, 2015, accessed October 1, 2015 .
- ^ Frank Dörfelt: Gisela Meierkord died at the age of 88 . In: Free Press . June 22, 2017, p. 13 .