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Geschichtsbrunnen

History Fountain

Bonifatius Stirnberg
1993

Description

Circular fountain basin with three moveable historical figures on the edge and in the center a mountain with on the flanks a mine and historical figuresand on top the town of Obermarsberg.

The three movable figures

Marsberg - Geschichtsbrunnen
St. Sturmius / St. Sturm (c. 705 - 779), disciple of Saint Boniface (Wikipedia).
Karl der Große / Charlemagne. Conquered Marsberg in 772 and destroyed the Saxon sacred place Irminsul, founder of the convent Eresburg (Obermarsberg).
Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen zu Hornberg (c. 1480 - 1562), known as Götz of the Iron Hand, German (Franconian) Imperial Knight (Reichsritter), mercenary, and poet (Wikipedia).

Scenes on the mountain

Marsberg - Geschichtsbrunnen
Mine entrance with miner and minecart.
Bildhauerwerkstatt Papen / Papen Sculpture Workshop.

The 'Irminsul' (a sacred, pillar-like object of the Saxons near Marsberg) being destroyed by soldiers of Charlemagne.
Charlemagne.

Shelling of the fortifications of the town of Obermarsberg during the Thirty Years' War. Marsberg - Geschichtsbrunnen
Glassblower workshop.

Coats of arms

In the pavement of the square around the basin are fourteen circular reliefs with the coats of arms of the towns and villages in the municipality of Marsberg.

Marsberg - Geschichtsbrunnen
Obermarsberg
Heddinghausen

Canstein
Udorf
Oesdorf
Essentho

Bredelar
Beringhausen
Helminghausen
Giershagen

Borntosten
Leitmar
Niedermarsberg
Padberg

Sculptor

Bonifatius Stirnberg (Freienohl 1933), German sculptor, famous for his fountains where the figures can be adjusted and moved (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Verkehrsverein Marsberg e.V., Skulpturenspaziergang (PDF on-line).
Wanderbares Marsberg, Freizeiteinrichtungen und Sehenswertes.

Locatie (N 51°27'35" - E 8°51'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw1068; Photograph: 6 September 2022
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Mine entrance with miner and minecart.	Bildhauerwerkstatt Papen / Papen Sculpture Workshop.
The 'Irminsul' (a sacred, pillar-like object of the Saxons near Marsberg) being destroyed by soldiers of Charlemagne.	Charlemagne.
Shelling of the fortifications of the town of Obermarsberg during the Thirty Years' War.	Glassblower workshop.

	Obermarsberg	Heddinghausen
Canstein	Udorf	Oesdorf	Essentho
Bredelar	Beringhausen	Helminghausen	Giershagen
Borntosten	Leitmar	Niedermarsberg	Padberg