Wrangel well
| Wrangel well | |
|---|---|
 |
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| place | Berlin-Kreuzberg |
| country |
 Germany
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| use | Jewellery |
| construction time | 1877 (designed before 1872) |
| sculptor | Hugo Hagen |
| Architectural style | Late classicism |
| Technical specifications | |
| height | 6.50 m |
| diameter | 7.00 (pool) m |
| Floor space | 38.58 m² |
| Floors | 2 |
| Building material | Marble (basin), granite (pedestal), bronze (sculptures and drip trays) |
| Coordinates | |
| location | Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 31.5 " N , 13 ° 24 ′ 47" E 52 ° 29 ′ 31.5 " N , 13 ° 24 ′ 47" E |
The Wrangelbrunnen is a fountain in Berlin-Kreuzberg in Graefekiez . It was created by the Berlin sculptor Hugo Hagen and named after the Prussian Field Marshal Friedrich von Wrangel . The original location of the fountain was Kemperplatz in Berlin-Tiergarten, where it was inaugurated on March 22, 1877. 25 years later it was moved to its current location (Grimmstrasse / Urbanstrasse) because the Roland fountain was to be set up at its old location .
description
The Wrangel Fountain consists of two bowls in a circular marble basin with a diameter of around 7 meters and a height of around 6.5 meters. The lower group of the bronze foundry Hermann Gladbeck created figures rests on a granite - pedestal and carries in the center a decorated bronze ornamental shell. On the pedestal sit the personifications of the main Prussian streams of that time :
- the Rhine (only male figure, carrying a sword; see also Rhenus (personification) ),
- the Vistula ,
- the Elbe ,
- the Oder .
The attributes of the three female figures - rudder, model of a contemporary paddle steamer , city gate or bridge gate - are interpreted differently:
- On the one hand, the paddle steamer belongs to the Elbe, the building is a gate of the Küstrin fortress on the Oder and the oar symbolizes rafting on the Vistula.
- On the other hand, the Vistula holds a bridge gate to the Dirschau Vistula Bridge , the rudder belongs to the Elbe and the paddle steamer to the Oder, which also holds a shuttle in its hand.
Above these figures are four putti who represent the arts, science, trade and industry or, according to another interpretation, arts, trade, agriculture and military strength . The water jumps out of a central bronze pine cone into the small bowl above them .
The later, much larger Berlin Neptune Fountain personifies the same four streams.
Theodor Fontane mentioned the Wrangel Fountain several times in his letters. The fountain also appears in two of Fontane's novels: in Cécile and in Irrungen, Wirrungen .
See also
literature
- Kathrin Chod: Wrangel fountain . In: Hans-Jürgen Mende , Kurt Wernicke (Hrsg.): Berliner Bezirkslexikon, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg . Luisenstadt educational association . Haude and Spener / Edition Luisenstadt, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89542-122-7 ( luise-berlin.de - as of October 7, 2009).
Web links
- Details about the Wrangel fountain on public fountains in Berlin . stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Jutta Schneider: The Wrangel Fountain is inaugurated . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 3, 1998, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 81-82 ( luise-berlin.de ).
- ↑ a b Public fountains . stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
- ↑ See www.fontane-gesellschaft.de , where you can also find some statements about Fontane's relationship with Wrangel.