"Der Brunnen" - Hamburg, Germany
Posted by: Astartus
N 53° 32.782 E 009° 59.238
32U E 565417 N 5933505
Hydraulic fountain behind the German Federal Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank)
Waymark Code: WM8F2P
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Posted: 03/23/2010
Views: 43
This fountain has 5 huge moving columns. Each column rotates two times per minutes and slowly rises and descents. During their rise, the 5 small fountains in front stand still. When a column descents, the appropriate smaller column starts to rotate up to 15 times a minute.
The lost heat of the pump heats the water for the fountain, therefore is the only fountain in the world, that also operates at temperatures up to -30°C.