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Münchhausenplatz

Münchhausen-Brunnen am Münchhausenplatz

Munchausen Fountain at the Munchausen Square

Fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785; the character is loosely based Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen (Bodenwerder 1720 - 1797).
(Wikipedia)

Bruno Schmitz
1962-63

Bodenwerder / Münchhausen-Brunnen am Münchhausenplatz

Description

Fountain illustrating one of the Munchhausen stories. Munchausen's horse was chopped in two by a falling portcullis, and its front half drinks thirstily at a spring, with the water immediately pouring on to the ground behind it, the rear half is having fun with the mares in the meadow (see here for the other half).

Bodenwerder - Münchhausen-Brunnen am Münchhausenplatz

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Münchhausen-Brunnen

Bruno Schmitz
Bildhauer und Maler

1962/63 - 675 Jahre Stadtrechte

Munchausen Fountain

Bruno Schmitz
Sculptor and painter

1962/63 - 675 years of city rights

Sculptor

Bruno Schmitz (1920 - 2013), pastor, painter and sculptor from Hajen near Bodenwerder

Locatie (N 51°58'33" - E 9°30'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens480; Photograph: 28 August 2022
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