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Sankt Pölten
Niederösterreich
Kremsergasse / Brunngasse
Krebsbrunnen
Crayfish Fountain
Hans Freilinger
1987
 
Description
Fountain with a bronze sculpture of two nude boys who are turning a large stone under which sits a crayfish.
Sculptor
Hans Freilinger (St. Martin im Innkreis 1925 - 2012), Austrian carpenter, plasterer, sculptor, and bronze caster (
Wikipedia
).
Sources & Information
Wunderheiler und Volksfeind: Anekdotische Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte der Krebse, p. 258
(PDF on line)/a>.
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Town:
Sankt Pölten
Bundesland:
Niederösterreich
Country:
Austria
Boys (2)
Fountain
Freilinger, Hans
Lobster
Location (N 48°12'24" - E 15°37'28")
Item Code:
atno013
; Photograph: 18 September 2016
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