Weinbrunnen (Königswinter)

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Wine fountain in front of the portico of the town hall

The Weinbrunnen (also market fountain ) is a fountain in Königswinter , a town in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia , which was built in its current form in 1938. It is located on the market square on the Drachenfelsstrasse leading down from the main road to the banks of the Rhine in front of the city ​​hall . The fountain stands as a monument under monument protection .

history

A first wine fountain was created from cement and paper mache on the occasion of the first winegrowers festival in Königswinter on October 7, 1933 . In 1936 the city of Königswinter decided to replace it with a stone fountain. This was done in 1938 by a stonemason based on a design by the local sculptor and architect Franz Josef Krings . The new wine fountain was the last structure in Königswinter to be built from latite from the Wolkenburg . In 2001 the fountain was completely restored. The wine fountain is put into operation every year on the occasion of the four-day vintner festival held on the market square on the first weekend in October.

The fountain was entered in the monuments list of the city of Königswinter on March 18, 1998.

description

The well is on a stepped circular base system from Hessian basalt built with a fountain basin in quatrefoil shape and a high Trachytpfeiler on a square floor plan in the middle. Expressionist relief panels from 1939 with depictions from viticulture are attached to the corners . The dragon- shaped gargoyles installed on the fountain on the occasion of its annual commissioning are the work of the Königswinter artist Sigrid Wenzel .

literature

Web links

Commons : Wine Fountain  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b List of monuments of the city of Königswinter , number A 346
  2. ↑ a b c Ansgar Sebastian Klein : Rise and rule of National Socialism in the Siebengebirge . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89861-915-8 , p. 487 . (also dissertation University of Bonn, 2007)
  3. ↑ Karl Josef Klöhs: A Feast for the grape juice ( Memento of 7 September 2014 Internet Archive ) . In: rheinkiesel. Magazine for the Rhine and Siebengebirge , 7th year, October 2003, p. 10 f. (here: p. 11).
  4. ↑ Riesling and Müller-Thurgau splash out of the taps , General-Anzeiger , October 5, 2001, p. 7.
  5. ↑ City tours - Königswinter am Rhein: Weinbrunnen ( Memento from September 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Tourismus Siebengebirge GmbH
  6. ↑ Angelika Schyma: City of Königswinter. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , monuments in the Rhineland )
  7. ↑ Sigrid Wenzel - Well, unfolding, wave

Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 25.9 ″  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 34.2 ″  E