Nibelungenbrunnen (Nibelungen-Fountain) - Tulln an der Donnau, Austria
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Beautiful fountain on the south bank of the Danube River in Tulln depicts one of the stories from the Song of the Nibelungs - i.e. a marriage proposal of the king Attila the Hun and the princess Kremhild (Gudrun).
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Location: Niederösterreich, Austria
Date Posted: 08/04/2016
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According to the Nibelungenlied (the Song of the Nibelungs), it was in Tulln that Attila the Hun saw Kriemhild (the Nibelungenlied's name for Gudrun) and proposed to her. A fountain, the Nibelungen-Brunnen ("the Nibelungen Fountain") was dedicated to this event in 2005. The fountain of the Monument to the Nibelungs is a sight to behold on summer nights. An integrated and esthetic light-water-stone composition of the fountain sculptor Hans Muhr lends the artwork even more depth: the fountains of water rise out of an open book – Lay of the Nibelung. The spouts alternately become stronger on each side until the streams of water finally touch and mix - this feature also corresponds to the symbolism of two worlds, East and West, approaching each other in Tulln.
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