Detmold District

Altenbeken

Bollerborn Spring and Memorial

North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Kreis Paderborn

Altenbeken

Bollerborn Spring and Memorial

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Bollerborn Spring and Memorial

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Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge

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Location: Altenbeken, Kreis Paderborn, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

August 10, 2020

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HISTORY:

The most important baroque painter in the Paderborn region, Johann Georg Rudolphi, created the landscape of the "Fons Resonus, vulgo Bullerborn", Altenbeken's oldest picture in 1671. It is …

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Andreas Seifert 🥾🚴🏼🏊🏼‍♂️🏄🏼‍♂️

March 8, 2021

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The Bollerborn spring is a well system in the municipality of Altenbeken. The fountain with a cross and an inscription plate was placed under monument protection in 1986. The spring …

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Andreas Seifert 🥾🚴🏼🏊🏼‍♂️🏄🏼‍♂️

September 20, 2020

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The Paderborn sculptor Herbert Görder created the 180 kilogram Aquarius from Greek mythology based on this drawing. The hourglass in his right hand symbolizes the lost quality of the only occasionally pouring spring. From the amphora in the left hand of this life-size bronze figure gushes the cool water that is supposed to quench the thirst of hikers.

With several blocks made of Karlshafen Weser sandstone, a spacious stage was created that invites you to linger and rest. The original source can be found about 20 m further towards the end of the village.

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