Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

The Market fountain from 1996 symbolizes with its figures, seals and coats of arms as well as the course of the flowing water the historical development of the town and region of Rüthen from the town's founding, the Rüdenburg, the former city Kallenhardt and the Gogericht Rüthen to the present town with its 15 villages and towns.

At the top of the central column three bronze statuettes of allegorical figures, standing on a semi-sphere.

eintracht Unity

hoffnung Hope

weisheit Wisdom

Around the stone column is a bronze band with four seals:

gogericht rüthen 1652	stadt ostervelde 1297
stadt rüthen 1282	rüdenburg 1308

On the octagonal stone edge of the fountain basin are 15 coats-of-arms of Rüthen and the 14 other towns and villages belonging to Rüthen.

rüthen	kallenhardt kneblinghausen	meiste hemmern	langenstrasse heddinghausen kellinghausen
oestereiden westereiden	hoinkhausen weickede	nettelstadt menzel	drewer altenrüthen

Sculptor

• Edmund Brockmann, German sculptor from Lipperode.

Sources & Information

• Kreiter Rüthen - "Vom Süstern-Kloster zum Judenfriedhof".
• Steffmann, Fototagebuch.

Tags

• Town: Rüthen
• Kreis: Lkr. Soest
• Land: Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Country: Germany
• Brockmann, Edmund
• Coat of arms
• Concordia
• Fountain
• Hope (Spes)
• Wisdom

Locatie (N 51°29'27" - E 8°25'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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