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Martin's Fountain

Heinrich Goetschmann & Ingeborg von Rath
1902/1958

Description

Fountain with on top of the central column a boy holding a lantern, with a goose, and around the column in the basin children trying to round up geese for the feast of St. Martin.

Bonn - Martinsbrunnen

Annotation

The sculptures illustrate the traditional Martin's processions with lanterns, torches, music and geese.
During the Second World War, the bronze statues were melted down and in they were 1958 reconstructed after the old plaster molds by Ingeborg von Rath.

Sculptors

Heinrich Goetschmann (Fischbach 1857 - Berlin 1929), German sculptor
Ingeborg von Rath (Bonn 1902 - Bonn 1984), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Bonner Münster.
Bonner Münster, Martinsbrunnen.

Locatie (N 50°44'0" - E 7°5'56") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw434; Photograph: 14 September 2015
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