"... The bronze fountain was designed by the Aachen artist Bonifatius Stirnberg. In 1986 the work of art was presented to the public in Dorsten and installed on the market square. The four corners of the fountain symbolize four relevant scenes from Dorsten's history - from the purchase of the city rights from Archbishop Konrad from Hochstaden to the beginning of mining. The individual groups of figures are even movable and can be rotated. ..."
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"... On the western side of the market square is a bronze fountain created by Bonifatius Stirnberg in 1986, which figuratively depicts four episodes from the city's history at the four corners of the middle, expansive water discharge basin: Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden made the city a city with the Count of Kleve and the Mayor, the defensive struggle of Dorsten's women in 1588 during the Truchsessian War, Dorsten's shipbuilding and mining, which shaped the town in the 20th century. ..."
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