Kiliansbrunnen - Würzburg, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member linkys
N 49° 48.043 E 009° 56.137
32U E 567329 N 5516893
Historic Fountain on the plaza in front of the Würzburg train station.
Waymark Code: WMHFAT
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 07/04/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Tante.Hossi
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White marble fountain erected in 1895 as a gift from Prince Regent Luitpold to his native town in response to Würzburg's having erected the Franconia Fountain to honor Luitpold the previous year. Base is white Carrara marble. Atop the fountain is a bronze statue of the Saint Kilian.

In 1943 the Nazis sold the bronze statue to be melted. In 1948 the statue was discovered at a scrap dealer in Hamburg and the city bought the figure back. In 1949 the statue of Kilian was once again placed atop the fountain. Since then the fountain has been restored several times, the latest being in 2009 at a cost of 1.4 million euros.

Source

From the Register:

  Laufbrunnen, zwei gestaffelt übereinander angeordnete Brunnenschalen
mit Inschriftsockel und Figurenbekrönung 'Hl. Kilian' in geschwungenem
Brunnenbecken, Marmor und Bronze, Neorenaissance, Balthasar Schmitt, 1894-96.

Adresse/Adress:
Bahnhofplatz
Würzburg, Bayren Germany


Baujahr/Year of construction: 1895

Denkmalnummer/monument number: D-6-63-000-30

Bestätigung/confirmation:

Ja/Yes


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