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Town Hall Fountain or Pied Piper Fountain

Georg Wrba
1908

Leipzig / Rathausbrunnen <i>oder</i> Rattenfängerbrunnen

Description

Fountain consisting of an octagonal stone water basin with in its center a round column which on its top the Pied Piper of Hameling playing his flute with two boys playing at his feet. Because of this motif, the fountain is sometimes called the Pied Piper Fountain.
Around the column is a "Märchenkranz" (Fairytale wreath) consisting of sixteen groups of water-spouting figures: eight children's couples from German fairytales, and between are arranged cartouches of rams' heads and various animals.
On the base of the column there is a dedication plaque and three portrait medallions: for the two Leipzig mayors Otto Georgi, who laid the foundation stone for the New Town Hall, and Bruno Tröndlin, who opened the New Town Hall, as well as for the architect Hugo Licht, the designer of the New Town Hall.

Fairytale Wreath

Leipzig - Rathausbrunnen oder Rattenfängerbrunnen

Der goldne Rehbock / The Golden Roebuck
Schneewittchen / Snow White

Der kleine Däumling / Hop-o'-My-Thumb
Die zwei Brüder / The two Brothers

Hans mein Igel / Hans My Hedgehog
Der Hase und der Igel / The Hare and the Hedgehog
Leipzig - Rathausbrunnen oder Rattenfängerbrunnen
Hänsel und Gretel / Hansel and Gretel
Des Teufels rußiger Bruder / The Devil's Sooty Brother

Cartouches of rams' heads and various animals.

Leipzig - Rathausbrunnen oder Rattenfängerbrunnen

The portraits

Leipzig - Rathausbrunnen oder Rattenfängerbrunnen
dr. otto georgi
Otto Georgi (Mylau 1831 - Leipzig 1918),
lord mayor of Leipzig, 1877-1899 (Wikipedia).
dr. bruno troendlin
Bruno Tröndlin (Leipzig 1835 - Dresden 1908),
lord mayor of Leipzig, 1899-1908 (Wikipedia).
dr. ing. hugo licht
Hugo Licht (Nieder-Zedlitz [now Siedlnica] 1841 - Leipzig 1923),
German architect (Wikipedia).

Inscription(s)

zur
ERINNERUNG
an die
EINWEIHUNG des
neuen RATHAUSES
am
7^ten oktober
1905

In
memory of the
inauguration
of the
new Town Hall
on
7 October
1905

Sculptor

Georg Wrba (München 1872 - Dresden 1939), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Leipzig-Lexikon, Brunnen.
Kulturdenkmale im Freistaat Sachsen, Obj.Dok.Nr. 09298231, Rathausbrunnen (PDF online).
Wikipedia, Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Leipzig-Zentrum.
Das schöne Detail..., Brunnen und Wasserspiele in Leipzig: In der Leipziger Innenstadt.
Wikipedia, Brunnen in Leipzig.

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

Item Code: desn104; Photograph: 4 September 2022
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Der goldne Rehbock / The Golden Roebuck	Schneewittchen / Snow White
Der kleine Däumling / Hop-o'-My-Thumb	Die zwei Brüder / The two Brothers
Hans mein Igel / Hans My Hedgehog	Der Hase und der Igel / The Hare and the Hedgehog
Hänsel und Gretel / Hansel and Gretel	Des Teufels rußiger Bruder / The Devil's Sooty Brother