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Donner Fountain

Donner Fountain

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Donner Fountain

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Location: Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria

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1. Heroes' Square – Hofburg Palace loop from Museumsquartier

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2. Gloriette at Schönbrunn Palace – Schönbrunn Palace Gardens loop from Stephansplatz

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3. View of the Alte Donau – Vienna State Opera loop from Alte Donau

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Paul

November 25, 2024

Donner Fountain, Neuer Markt, Vienna
Donner Fountain at Neuer Markt
The fountain was commissioned by the City of Vienna between 1737 and 1739 by Georg Raphael Donner (the first public commission of a secular nature to decorate a square in Vienna). For the figures at the edge of the basin – symbolizing the rivers Traun (young man), Enns (old man), March, and Ybbs (female figures) – Donner created only the models; the execution was the responsibility of Johann Nikolaus Moll. In the center of the basin is the figure of Providentia (Providence), with four putti at the base.

The original figures of the rivers (made of lead) are housed in the Baroque Museum in the Lower Belvedere. They were removed in 1770 by order of Maria Theresa because of their nudity, taken to the materials depot of the civic armory, and handed over to the sculptor Johann Martin Fischer for melting down. However, aware of their artistic value, he had them restored and commissioned their reinstallation in 1801. In 1873, they were replaced with bronze copies.
Text / Source: City of Vienna
stadt-wien.at/wien/sehenswuerdigkeiten/donnerbrunnen-am-neuen-markt.html

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Intertrain

August 25, 2025

Hand on your bum at the Donnerbrunnen, on the Neuer Markt in Vienna.

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Martin Schreiner

April 1, 2023

The whole square will be redesigned and the old fountain will shine in new splendor.

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1. Heroes' Square – Hofburg Palace loop from Museumsquartier

2. Gloriette at Schönbrunn Palace – Schönbrunn Palace Gardens loop from Stephansplatz

3. View of the Alte Donau – Vienna State Opera loop from Alte Donau

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