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Datterich Fountain

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Datterich Fountain

Recommended by 75 hikers out of 80

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    July 16, 2021

    The Datterich fountain stood on Luisenplatz in front of the north entrance to the Luisencenter from 1982 to 1996. Today the fountain stands as a dry plastic - without a fountain function - in front of the north entrance (old town entrance) of the city library.
    The main characters were modeled on Datterich's literary work.

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      October 9, 2022

      So beautiful! A great memorial for a Darmstadt original!

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        The Datterich fountain stood on Luisenplatz in front of the north entrance to the Luisencenter from 1982 to 1996. Today the fountain stands as a dry plastic - without a fountain function - in front of the north entrance (old town entrance) of the city library.

        The bronze fountain sculpture was designed by the Aachen sculptor Bonifatius Stirnberg. It consists of movable bronze figures that stand on a movable metal wheel and were modeled on the main characters of the literary work Datterich.

        Originally there was a metal helix in the middle of the sculpture, which Stirnberg replaced with a bronze stage curtain.

        The movable figures were not moved by water power. The figures could or can be moved manually by the audience. The fountain monument is a popular photo motif.
        Source: Wikipedia

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          Location: Hesse, Germany

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