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Lindahl-Brunnen

Lindahl Fountain

Jöns Person Lindahl
Christianstad, Sweden 1843 - Würzburg 1887
designer of the Würzburg Ringpark (from 1880)

Peter Feile (II)
1904

Description

Rock fountain with a bronze relief showing Lindahl's portrait.

Annotation

The fountain is designed by Lindahl, his portrait was added later in 1904. In 1982, ninety-five years after his death, his remains were reburied in honor grave of the city of Würzburg. His tombstone now become redundant was erected a few meter away from his fountain. The tombstone shows a broken off column, to symbolize his suicide. The text on the tombstone is:

Jöns P. Lindahl
Gartenbau-Ingenieur
und
Stadtgartner zu Würzburg
geb. zu Christianstad
in Schweden
den 27. Februar 1843
gest. zu Würzburg
den 22. November 1887.

Gewidmet
von seinen Freunden

Sculptor

Peter Feile (Würzburg 1899 - Würzburg 1972), architect in Würzburg (WürzburgWiki).

Sources & Information

WürzburgWiki, Lindahl-Brunnen and Jöns Person Lindahl.

Locatie (N 49°47'14" - E 9°56'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deby197; Photograph: 27 September 2011
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