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Sankt-Martins-Brunnen

Saint Martin's Fountain

Hans-Peter Fonteyne
Bronzegiesserei Butzon & Becker (Kevelaer)
2002

Description

Wall in the shape of a spiral with a fountain and four children, and a fifth, small child, is looking to them. Three of the children hold a St. Martin's lanterns with on the four sides a motivs of Straelen.

Straelen - Sankt-Martins-Brunnen

Lantern of the sitting girl
Straelen - Sankt-Martins-Brunnen
Clown
?
Coats-of-arms of Straelen (bottom) and its partner town Bayon in Lorraine
St. Peter und Paul Kirche / Church
Lantern of the standing boy

St. Martin
Building
?
'Der Grüne Couch' (the Green bench), symbol of Straelen, with grapes and fruit
Lantern of the sitting boy
Straelen - Sankt-Martins-Brunnen
Windmill
Kapelle an der Paesmühle / Chapel at the Paes mill
Wassermühle Haus Caen / Watermill
Chapel

Straelen - Sankt-Martins-Brunnen

Inscription(s)

100 Jahre St. Martinszug in Straelen
Ins Leben gerufen durch die Karnevals-Gesellschaft
"Narrenschiff" im Jahre 1902

Fortgeführt durch viele Generationen ehrenamtlicher
HelferInnen

Das St. Martins-Komitee und die Stadt Straelen haben
diesen Brunnen mit Unterstützung vieler Sponsoren und
Spender errichtet und am Vortag des
St. Martins-Festes, am 10.11.2002 festlich eingeweiht.

Künstlerische Ausführung
H.P. Fonteyne
Vernum

Bronzeguss
Burzow & Bercker
Kevelaer

Sculptor

Hans-Peter Fonteyne, German sculptor (Website Artists24).

Sources & Information

Stadt Straelen, Sehenswürdigkeiten.
Stadt Straelen, Die Brunnen.

Locatie (N 51°26'41" - E 6°15'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw721; Photograph: 15 June 2019
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Lantern of the sitting girl
Clown	?	Coats-of-arms of Straelen (bottom) and its partner town Bayon in Lorraine	St. Peter und Paul Kirche / Church
Lantern of the standing boy
St. Martin	Building	?	'Der Grüne Couch' (the Green bench), symbol of Straelen, with grapes and fruit
Lantern of the sitting boy
Windmill	Kapelle an der Paesmühle / Chapel at the Paes mill	Wassermühle Haus Caen / Watermill	Chapel