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Wupper Valley Fountain

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Wupper Valley Fountain

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  • Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    July 3, 2021

    Hiking

    In 1979, to mark the 50th anniversary of the city's founding, the company Vorwerk & Co donated a fountain for the town hall square in Barmen, today's Johannes-Rau-Platz. After a …
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    May 11, 2022

    Hiking

    At this point I would like to quickly say something about the source
    (whereby it corresponds to the art of poetry / if this 'source' is a 'fountain'):
    To quote the incomparable humorist Heinz Erhardt (1909 – 1979), who was known to a wide audience for his wordplay and “another poem,” with a short quatrain:
    "There's certainly a lot of beauty in it,
    on the element, the wet.
    Because you can drink the water.
    But you can leave it alone."
    (H.Erhardt)
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    February 13, 2024

    Hiking

    The fountain seems a bit inconspicuous. You have to stop and discover the fountain. Then more fascinating with a very complex presentation of Wuppertal's city history.
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    Elevation 200 m

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    Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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