Statues - Hither & Thither

Site Search:

Leipzig
Stadt Leipzig
Sachsen

Augustusplatz 8
(Neues Gewandhaus, Innenhof)

Stadtpfeiferbrunnen

City Piper Fountain

Horst Skorupa
1982

Description

Sculpture of the Leipzig City Piper, sitting on a circular platform. Water is flowing (not when we there to make photographs) over the edge of the platform into an openwork 'manhole cover' surrounding the sculpture. This cover has four jester-portraits in ovals.

Leipzig - Stadtpfeiferbrunnen

Sculptor

Horst Skorupa (Breslau [now Wrocław] 1941 - Schaddel bei Leipzig 2004), German sculptor and ceramist.

Sources & Information

Architektur-Blicklicht, Brunnen & Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Architektur in Leipzig.
WikiZ, Architektur in Leipzig.
Kurt-Rudolf Bötger, Neues Leipziger Taschenwörterbuch für Einheimische und Fremde (Leipzig 1999), p. 40 (Google books).
Wikipedia, Stadtpfeifer (Leipzig).

Locatie (N 51°20'15" - E 12°22'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn077; Photograph: 4 September 2022
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
If you want to use photos, please contact us via the contact form (in Dutch, English or German).
© Website and photos: René & Peter van der Krogt

Your banner here? Click for information.