Triton Fountain (Aachen)
| Triton fountain | |
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| place | Aachen |
| country |
 Germany
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| use | Fountain |
| construction time | 1906-1910 |
| architect | Carl Burger |
| Architectural style | classicism |
| Technical specifications | |
| Building material | Basalt - lava |
| Coordinates | |
| location | Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 13 " N , 6 ° 4 ′ 12.7" E 50 ° 45 ′ 13 " N , 6 ° 4 ′ 12.7" E |
The Triton Fountain is a fountain monument originally erected in 1906–1910 (other source: 1905) in front of Aachen Central Station by the sculptor Carl Burger in Aachen , which was moved to its current location in Kaiser-Friedrich-Allee in 1923. The fountain is popularly called Aquarius .
Description and history
The fountain shows Triton , a sea god from Greek mythology . Originally, it was created to replace the old Rheinischer Bahnhof, which was demolished in 1902, when the new station was completed in 1905 , to half-enclose the Johann Friedrich Drake war memorial on the station forecourt that had been standing since 1872 towards the new station.
In 1923 the fountain was relocated to the entrance of the park-like central system of Kaiser-Friedrich-Allee, where it is fed by water from the Pau , which ultimately continues to flow mostly canalised to the slope pond .
The fountain is made of basalt. Triton spits fountain-like water on a small base into the large, almost rectangular basin in front of the small semicircular basin that surrounds the base. On the sides of the base, stylized fish mouths are shown, from which the water is discharged into the small basin, whose overflows also feed the large basin. The back of the fountain forms a semi-oval wall that is open to the rear and lengthened there and to the sides, which originally enclosed the pedestal of the Drake war memorial and which now opens onto the Brussels Ring. There are stone benches in the semicircle. The end of the semi-oval wall is now adorned with statues of wolves.
The fountain is one of the architectural monuments of the city of Aachen. Its complete renovation was completed in September 2004.
See also
literature
- Peter Hermann Loosen: From old Aachen. Historical sketches or Aachen history in stories. 3rd expanded edition. Aquensia-Klette-Verlag, Aachen 1978, p. 160 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of architectural monuments in the area of the city of Aachen (in the version of the 13th supplement) (PDF; 129 kB), March 15, 2008.
- ^ Chronicle of the city of Aachen. Notable events in 2004 (p. 90 there) (PDF; 528 kB), accessed on September 17, 2008.