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Oberer Schloßgarten (Walter-Erich-Schäfer-Weg)

Schicksalsbrunnen

Fountain of Fate

(Wikipedia)

Karl Donndorf & R.W. Schönfeld
1914

Description

Basin with a semicircular wall. In the middle sits the goddess of fate with outstretched arms lying on the wall. Her hands are closed, because they hold the fate of the people hidden in them. At the both ends are two pairs of lovers, symbolizing joy and sorrow.

Sorrow / Leid
A desperate man seeking solace in the lap of a woman

The goddess of fate / Die Schicksalsgöttin

Joy / Freude
A sitting man, to whom a woman looks happily up, holds a crown of victory and a bowl full of life

Inscription(s)

On the wall is written:

AVS DES SCHICKSALS DVNKLER QVELLE RINNT DAS WECHSELVOLLE LOS
HEVTE STEHST DV FEST VND GROSS MORGEN WANKST DV AVF DER WELLE

Annotation

Donndorf created the fountain in memory of the German-Swiss opera singer Anna Sutter, who was murdered in 1910 by a former lover.

Sculptors

Karl August Donndorf (Dresden 1870 - 1941), German sculptor, son of Adolf von Donndorf (Wikipedia).
R.W. Schönfeld.

Sources & Information

Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, Brunnen.
Andreas Henseler, Stuttgarter Brunnen.

Locatie (N 48°46'48" - E 9°11'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw116; Photograph: 18 April 2012
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