St. Georgsbrunnen (Friedberg)

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St. Georgsbrunnen in Friedberg Castle. The coats of arms of the burgrave Herrmann Friedrich Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach (left) and the castle builder Freiherr von Breidbach-Bürresheim (right) can be seen on the base of the statue . Not in the picture is the coat of arms of the other castle builder, Groschlag von Dieburg . On the fountain bowl the coat of arms of the castle and the coats of arms of the ten regimental castle men.
Detail with the castle coat of arms
Original of the statue of George in the courtyard of the Wetterau Museum

The St. Georgsbrunnen in Friedberg is a baroque fountain dedicated to St. George in the Reichsburg Friedberg .

Fountain

The fountain made of red Main sandstone was built in 1738 under the Friedberg burgrave Hermann XVIII. Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach built in front of the Burggrafiat (also known as a castle). The builder of the fountain was Johann Philipp Wörrishöfer from Nauheim . The symmetrical shape of the basin with 12 alternating convex and concave surfaces gives the fountain a lively outline typical of the Baroque era.

The dragon slayer figure was created by the Mainz sculptor Burkard Zamels . The original is now in the courtyard of the Wetterau Museum . In 1977 it was replaced by a copy because it was exposed to vandalism at the original location. The missing right arm, the lance and part of the dragon's head were added in 2009. The fountain was completely renovated in 2019 by its owner, the administration of the State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse .

Image program

The reference to Saint George as the patron saint of knights is characteristic of the history of Friedberg Castle as the seat of the knightly canton of Middle Rhine . In the Middle Ages there was a brotherhood of St. George in the castle . The medieval castle church, the predecessor of today's baroque church, was also dedicated to this saint. In the Salbuch of the Naumburg Monastery there is a depiction of George behind the view of the castle. But this was quite anachronistic at the time of the well construction, since the demarcation of the burgraviate from the Rhenish knighthood had already begun in 1729 and the burgraviate had lost its importance for the local knighthood in the 18th century.

On the middle plinth below the group of statues, three coats of arms and an inscription cartouche are attached. It is the coat of arms of the burgrave Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach and the two incumbent castle builders Freiherr von Breidbach-Bürresheim and Groschlag von Dieburg . The fountain is thus a testament to the government organization of the castle. Eleven coats of arms and another cartridge are attached to the fountain bowl. In addition to the coat of arms of Friedberg Castle, these are the coats of arms of the ten regimental castle men:

literature

  • Johannes Kögler: The St. Georgsbrunnen in Friedberg Castle. In: Wetterau history sheets. Contributions to history and regional studies. 61, 2013, ISSN 0508-6213, pp. 187-197.
  • Heinz Wionski: Cultural monuments in Hessen. Wetteraukreis II, Part 2, Friedberg to Wöllstadt. State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen, Vieweg, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1999, p. 626.

Web links

Commons : St. Georgsbrunnen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ wetterauer-zeitung.de Wetterauer Zeitung on May 15, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2020

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 29.2 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 13.7"  E