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The Rossmarkt [Note 1], together with the neighboring Fischmarkt (Fish Market), was the city's main marketplace. Its name derives from the horse market originally held there. A watercolor by an unknown artist, dated between 1814 and 1820, offers a glimpse of the old Rossmarkt. In the first quarter of the 19th century, the Rossmarkt housed, among other things, a pharmacy, a cooper, two butcher shops, and the Sauer inn. A guesthouse with a brewery and a post office of the Thurn and Taxis postal service were also located there. As early as 1460, an inn stood on the site of today's Kaiser medical supply store. During the time of the Electors, the building was known as the "Herberge Zum Hizen" (Inn at the Sign of the Chizen), and somewhat later as the "Gasthaus Zum Hirschen" (Inn at the Sign of the Stag). In 1905, the entire square was repaved, and some houses had to relocate their staircases to the interior. Today, half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries adorn the square. At its center stands a landmark of the city since 1985: the Rossmarkt Fountain. Source: https://www.regionalgeschichte.net/rheinhessen/alzey/kulturdenkmaeler/rossmarkt-mit-brunnen.html

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The sculpture incorporates the following quote by the Enlightenment thinker Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, who was born in Kamenz. It is a motto of the Old Town Association, but could just as well serve as a motto for the town twinning between Alzey and Kamenz: “Only that which you yourself give up is truly lost.”

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A truly wonderful old town. There are many sights to discover.

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It's a very successful work of art. It addresses something important, fantastic.

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In 1985, Neustadt artist Prof. Gernot Rumpf created the Rossmarkt fountain. The horse and fountain represent a memorial to a famous son of Alzey: the legendary minstrel and knight Volker von Alzey from the Nibelungenlied. The 13th-century epic has its historical core in the 5th-century Burgundian Kingdom, which counted Alzey as one of its focal points. It describes the noble Volker as a "man of fighting prowess" who allegedly carried the banner of the Burgundian king in the campaign against Saxony. This proves that, despite being of lower nobility, he held a high military rank. In the battle against the Huns, the Nibelungen hero was killed at the Battle of Etzelburg near Gran. But Volker von Alzey was not only famous as a fighter and tournament rider; his minnesang and poetry are also mentioned in the myth. Therefore, the depiction of the coat of arms on the horse is complemented by the fiddle of a minstrel on the other side. The horse itself—a status symbol of knights and nobles—is powerfully built and clearly recognizable as a coldblood, one of the heavy warhorses of the Middle Ages. Coldbloods are still bred today as calm, undemanding, and very powerful horses. In addition to Volker von Alzey's horse, the design of the fountain bowl is also inspired by the Nibelungen saga. According to the legend, Hagen von Tronje, steward to the Burgundian king, sank the Nibelungen treasure in the Rhine. Even though the historical figure of Volker von Alzey is difficult to grasp and much of the tradition is based on the Nibelungenlied, it is hard to deny that his personality and myth are still present in Alzey today. A glance at the city's coat of arms shows a minstrel's fiddle beneath the Palatine lion. The Alzey-Worms district also features the instrument in its coat of arms. (https://www.regionalgeschichte.net/rheinhessen/alzey/kulturdenkmaeler/rossmarkt-mit-brunnen.html?L=0)

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The history of the Old Town Association, which has preserved a large part of Alzey's city center, has also been written down: https://wormsverlag.de/unglaublichen-geschichten-altstadtvereins-alzey-p-114139.html

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Interesting how the battlements are supported by the double arches.

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Very nice small town with great old buildings

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