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Brunnenanlage mit Apostel Paulus

Founting with the Apostle Paul

Gottfried Böhm & Franziskus Binck
1775/1989

Saarbrücken / Brunnenanlage mit Apostel Paulus

Description

The original 1775 statue of St. Paul from the Ludwigskirche(see here) is placed under a baldachin - a stylized guard house - being at the same time a fountain, designed by the Gottfried Böhm, the architect of the re-building of the castle and the Schloßplatz.

Sculptors

Franziskus Binck, Austrian sculptor from Vienna.
Gottfried Böhm (Offenbach am Main 1920), German architect (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Saarbrücker Zeitung, 7 August 2017, Apostel als Schlosswächter im Wasserfall.
Wikipedia, Ludwigskirche (Saarbrücken).

Locatie (N 49°13'50" - E 6°59'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desl010; Photograph: 29 May 2019
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