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Tobacco Fountain Lorsch

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Tobacco Fountain Lorsch

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    1. Lorsch Market Square – Tobacco Barn Lorsch loop from Lorsch

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    September 9, 2021

    A very nicely designed fountain.

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      November 20, 2022

      A successful fountain with a lot of statement

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        January 3, 2020

        The tobacco fountain designed by Siegfried Speckhardt (born 1937) was erected in 1991 for the Hessentag in Lorsch. The walk-in fountain stands directly in front of the old town hall and shows a tobacco seamstress at work. The fountain is reminiscent of the painstaking work of the Lorsch tobacco seamstresses, who (until the introduction of the tobacco sewing machines from 1956) sewed the tobacco leaves together by hand with a needle and thread to prepare them for drying, thus bundling them together.

        But the work also brought something good: tobacco sewing was a social event at the time. The seamstresses talked a lot, the latest news was spread and sung. The elderly and children also helped at the time. The fountain is not only reminiscent of the elaborate work, but also of this beautiful custom.

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          Location: Lorsch, Kreis Bergstraße, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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