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Stadt Essen Nordrhein-Westfalen Hirschlandplatz |
Brunnen auf dem HirschlandplatzFountain at the Hirschlandplatzalso called "Die Lesende" - The Reading Woman |
Bernhard Kleinhans
1985 |
Large dodecagonal fountain basin with two women sitting on the rim, one reading a book (with a poem by Goethe) and the other sunbathing. In the basin are three columns with bowls and nozzles and on top of them are flute-playing musicians and a dancing couple.
In the book of the reading woman Goethe's poem Freudvoll und Leidvoll is written.
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In the book:
freudvoll und leidvoll, gedankenvoll sein hangen und bangen in schweben- der pein |
himmelhoch jauchzend zum tode betrübt glücklich allein ist die seele die liebt |
Gestiftet von der Sparkasse Essen Geschaffen von Bernhard Kleinhans, Sendenhorst |
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