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Neptune Fountain Bad Bevensen

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    February 10, 2022

    A great object within the Kurpark.

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      September 13, 2020

      At the connection between the pedestrian zone in the old town and the spa park, not far from the Göhrde bridge in the spa park, is the Neptune fountain. It forms a harmonious transition between the urban landscape and the green of the spa park.

      The 2.40 m high bronze cast by the sculptor Bernd Maro from Hanover depicts the water deity with a trident in playful movement. The water bubbles towards the sculpture in an arc. Two fish - Neptune plays with one, another jumps out of the water - symbolize the diversity of aquatic beings that constantly accompany him.
      At the feet of Neptune lies a "sea trumpet", the conch. According to legend, Triton, the son of Neptune, used this curved shell to frighten the giants in their battle with the gods.
      Neptune holds the "Tridens" in his outstretched right hand. The trident stands for the lightning that the sea god is said to have hurled as a rival of the king of the gods. On his wild rides across the sea, he uses it, depending on his mood, to stir up or smooth the ocean waves.
      Around the fountain, on a wrought-iron pergola, which also forms a kind of gate between the spa park and the city, benches invite you to take a rest by the splashing water.
      The figure of Neptune was chosen with care. For the Romans, Neptune was the god of springs and rain. But when the Romans had to build a fleet in the 1st Punic War (264-241 BC), they lacked a sea god. Without further ado they equipped their freshwater god with the trident of the Greek sea god Poseidon and from then on they worshiped Neptune as the sea god. As a sea god, he is usually depicted in a wild pose. The happy Neptune in Bad Bevensen wants to remember the god of fresh water, the ruler of the springs and rivers.


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        Location: Bad Bevensen, Uelzen, Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

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