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Treasure Diggers' Fountain at the Kleiner Markt, Margarethenhöhe

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Treasure Diggers' Fountain at the Kleiner Markt, Margarethenhöhe

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Treasure Diggers' Fountain at the Kleiner Markt, Margarethenhöhe

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Margarethental Walking Trail – Margarethenhöhe Garden City loop from Wickenburgstraße

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2. Margarethenhöhe Garden City – Halbachhammer Pond loop from Holsterhauser Platz

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3. Margarethenhöhe Garden City – View of Mülheim loop from Halbe Höhe

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Julia

April 23, 2017

The Kleine Markt is the marketplace in the center of Margarethenhöhe. Date of appointment: May 30, 1913

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Oliver

February 25, 2018

This fountain is a landmark for Margarethenhöhe, like the Little Mermaid for Copenhagen or the “Maneken Piss” for Brussels. For decades, the fountain was part of the letterhead of the shooting and local community on the heights, founded in 1954 and dissolved in 2009.
On July 20, 1912, the fountain created by Professor Enseling was inaugurated. It was built on the Kleiner Markt by the city of Essen as a thank you for the Margarethenhöhe foundation.
He has the saying in the group:
“Don’t dig up treasures with spades, look for them in noble deeds.”
On the one hand, this saying refers to the summer castle saga or treasure digger saga, which has been passed down orally in this country, but on the other hand it is intended to remind us that it was a noble act by Mrs. Margarethe Krupp to donate the Margarethenhöhe settlement to the city of Essen and its citizens.
But the saying certainly has a timeless meaning, even if real treasure hunters with spades have become rarer.
This also means the legacy of the founder that this settlement with its friendly flower gardens always ensures a peaceful and harmonious neighborhood, because who can seriously be angry with a neighbor who cultivates just as beautiful flowers in his garden as you do. This encourages friendly conversation about the fence, if there is a fence at all.
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Julia

April 23, 2017

The Schatzgräber Fountain admonishes with an inscription: "Do not dig treasures with spades, seek them in noble deeds." which refers to the noble foundation of Margarethe Krupp.

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Treasure Diggers' Fountain at the Kleiner Markt, Margarethenhöhe

1. Margarethental Walking Trail – Margarethenhöhe Garden City loop from Wickenburgstraße

2. Margarethenhöhe Garden City – Halbachhammer Pond loop from Holsterhauser Platz

3. Margarethenhöhe Garden City – View of Mülheim loop from Halbe Höhe

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