Brunnen Dorfstrasse - 1996 - Kaisten, AG, Switzerland - Dated Architectural Structures Multifarious on Waymarking.com

EN: This fountain is located in the center of Kaisten on the Dorfstrasse. It has a granite trough with beveled corners, which is about one meter long. The fountain column has a stone acorn at the top and is dated 1996.

On the north side of the trough is a metal sign with a poem about water. I could not find out anything about the author Tilly Vonäsch. However, the dialect in which the poem is written is not from the immediate area, but sounds more like about 30 kilometers west of here.

The translation of the text:

"The water

Deep down it is born. already since earth exists
It's coming up to the sun - its way is far sometimes
Now it's giving life to the earth. It couldn't be without it
Through the air it's rising to the sky and the clouds are closing it in

As rain it falls on the ground. Nature welcomes it gratefully.
it slowly sinks back into the depths. There where it did start.
So the cycle closes - the fountain brings it to the daylight
We thank God for the water - that He may preserve it!"


DE: Dieser Brunnen steht im Zentrum von Kaisten an der Dorfstrasse. Er hat einen Granittrog mit abgeschrägten Ecken, der etwa einen Meter lang ist. Die Brunnensäule hat eine steinerne Eichel an der Spitze und ist mit 1996 datiert.

An der Nordseite des Troges ist ein Metallschild mit einem Gedicht über Wasser befestigt. Über die Autorin Tilly Vonäsch konnte ich nichts in Erfahrung bringen. Der Dialekt in dem das Gedicht verfasst ist, stammt aber nicht aus der unmittelbaren Gegend, sondern klingt mehr nach etwa 30 Kilometer westlich von hier.

Der Text:

"S'Wasser

Tief unde wird's gebore. scho sit dass's d'Ärde git
Es chunnt doruf a d'Sunne - sy Wäg isch mängsmol wit
Jetz schänkt's der Ärde Läbe. si chönnt nid ohni sy
Dur d'Luft stigt's dänn in Himmel und d'Wulke schliessed's y

Als Räge fallt's uf d'Wise. d'Natur nimmt's dankbar aa
s'sinkt langsam zrugg i d'Tiefi. dört het's der Afang gha
So schliesst sich denn de Kreislauf - de Brunne bringt's a Tag
Mir danke Gott für's Wasser - dass Är's erhalte mag!"

Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1996 Full Inscription (unless noted above): only a date. the poem on the trough is in the long description, but it is unrelated to the date. Website (if available): Not listed

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