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Werra-Meißner-Kreis
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Schloßplatz
(Schloßhof)

Frau-Holle-Brunnen

Mother Holle Fountain

Märchenbrunnen / Fairy tale fountain
(Wikipedia)

Hans Sauter & Christian Sauerland
1930

Description

Fountain with an octagonal basin with on the outer edge eight reliefs showing scenes from Grimm's fairy-tale mother Holle and Ludwig Bechstein's Die Goldmaria und die Pechmaria (Deutsches Märchenbuch).

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Goldmarie beim Spinnen / Goldmarie spinning
Goldmarie am Backofen / Gold Marie at the oven
Goldmarie beim Aufschütteln der Bettwäsche

Goldmarie und Pechmarie
Pechmarie
Pechmarie am Backofen
Goldmarie am Apfelbaum

In the center of the basin stands an bronze column with four heads spouting water, four statues of women with hoop skirts and at the top a heraldic lion.

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Lion
Four heads

Four women

Inscription(s)

Frau-Holle
Brunnen

Erbaut 1930, Brunnenarchitekt Bleibaum, Reliefschmuck Sauter, Bronzeaufsatz Kornelius,
Steinmetz- und Bildhauerarbeiten Sauerland..

Sculptors

Christian Sauerland, German stonemason from Warburg.
Hans Sauter (München 1877 - Kassel 1961), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land, Brunnen.
Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur, Schlossbrunnen / Märchenbrunnen.

Location (N 51°11'18" - E 10°3'11")

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Item Code: dehs325; Photograph: 14 October 2018
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Goldmarie und Pechmarie	Pechmarie	Pechmarie am Backofen	Goldmarie am Apfelbaum

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