Tuchmacherbrunnen (Cottbus)
The Tuchmacherbrunnen is a listed fountain in Cottbus .
The Tuchmacherbrunnen is located on the city wall near the Richtberg and was created from sandstone and bronze by the Hamburg sculptor Richard Kuöhl between 1937 and 1938 .
The fountain bowl with a column in it sits on a stone plinth. This is surrounded by a ring made of bronze, the portraits of which represent four stages of cloth production (grazing sheep, processing the wool on the spinning wheel , weaving on the loom , the cloth trade). The fountain basin itself bears the inscription: “Honest craftsmanship is honored, good cloth works and shears”.
According to the city administration, the Cloth Maker's Fountain is the only fountain in the city whose water flows 24 hours a day.
Footnotes
- ↑ a b Where Cottbuser Brünnlein flow ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on SPD-Cottbus.de (accessed on December 16, 2011)
- ↑ http://www.deutschefotothek.de/obj80280911.html#%7Chome
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://ns.gis-bldam-brandenburg.de/hida4web/view?docId=obj09100162.xml ;
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Tuchmacherbrunnen in Cottbus (photos and description)
Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 43 ″ N , 14 ° 20 ′ 21 ″ E