Description
Octagonal basin with a central column with a fish on top. Around the column sit three 'Metzgerburschen' (butchers' apprentices) pouring water from buckets in the basin. On the octagonal basin are reliefs:
Cattle.
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Butcher's shop.
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Cattle with coffin (?)
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Selling meat on the market.
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Woman in forest (?)
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Preparing meat
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A fisherman in his boat
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Feeding chicken
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Inscription(s)
fischbrunnen
figuren gestaltet 1884 von konrad knoll
becken gestaltet 1954 von josef henselmann
Annotation
The original fountain was almost completely destroyed in 1944. It was reconstructed in 1954 by Henselmann, who made the reliefs and the sculpture of the fish.
The three butchers' apprentices are from the original fountain. Knoll's original statues of music playing children, standing around the central column, are now in the Karlstor.
Sculptors
- Josef Henselmann (Laiz bei Sigmaringen 1898-München 1987),
German sculptor (Wikipedia).
- Konrad Knoll (Bad Bergzabern 1829-München 1899),
German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Sources & Information
Tags
Locatie (N 48°8'14" - E 11°34'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: deby045; Photograph: 5 September 2010
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