Sophienquelle von Grünsberg
Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 5 ″ N , 11 ° 19 ′ 27 ″ E
The Sophienquelle is a baroque source near Grünsberg , a district of the Middle Franconian town of Altdorf in Bavaria .
location
The source is located on a slope about 500 meters south of Grünsberg and is officially designated as a geotope by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (Geotope number: 574Q001). See also the list of geotopes in the district of Nürnberger Land .
history
The site was used as an excursion destination for the nearby University of Altdorf , founded in 1623, before the spring catchment was built . The Sophienquelle is one of the largest baroque springs north of the Alps and was built on the Italian model between the years 1724 and 1726. The Nuremberg patrician Johann Paul III. Paumgartner commissioned it in 1720 and built it as part of a "sentimental landscape garden in honor of his wife Sophia-Maria Meeres-Paumgartner-Haller von Sündersbühl". After the death of her husband, Sophie had the construction of the spring completed in 1726 as a widow and heir to the entire Paumgartner estate. In the years 1860 and 1979 the entire system was renewed. It has been designated as a natural monument since 1937. The source is always the target of vandalism and destruction. After being damaged several times in the 1980s and 1990s and in 2006, it was severely damaged again on February 10, 2011. It was restored by the current owner and with the help of donations.
description
The Sophienquelle is next to the fountain of Rockenbrunn one of interessantesten monuments of Baroque garden culture in Nürnberger Land . Its structure resembles an amphitheater . The semicircle of the fountain wall consists of sandstone blocks ( Rhätsandstein ) and is surrounded by handrailless staircases on both sides. Originally an ornate baluster column railing was attached as a parapet above the fountain wall. The flow of the spring is about 4 liters per second. The water gushes out of the red-brown sandstone rock wall and over bricked stone. It then falls into the main well over several cascade basins. An overflow leads the water to a small pond before it flows underground into the Schwarzach .
The source has been designated as a historical building by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (D-5-74-112-159).
There is another, but much smaller, contained spring nearby, the Dolderlesbrunnen (dialect of Dolores). The inscription commemorates Otto Stromer , first mayor of Nuremberg from 1867 to 1891 , and his sister Amalie.
Access
The Sophienquelle is freely accessible all year round and can be easily reached on foot from Grünsberg Castle via the Franconian Way of St. James .
swell
- ↑ Geotope: Sophienquelle (accessed on March 21, 2020)
- ↑ Sophienquelle: over 20,000 euros damage ( memento of the original from March 11, 2011 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.
- THE SOURCE OF SOPHIA: IN THE SCHLOSSPARK AT GRÜNSBERG IN THE NUREMBERG LAND, BUILT 1724-28, REBUILT 1860 AND 1979, Wolfgang von Stromer, ISBN 3874320642
