Steuerzahlerbrunnen - Isny, Wuerttemberg, Germany
N 47° 41.635 E 010° 02.416
32T E 578056 N 5282805
The "Steuerzahlerbrunnen", or Taxpayer's Fountain is a sculpture located inside the city wall in Isny, Germany.
Waymark Code: WM15NQ2
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 01/29/2022
Views: 4
The sculpture doubles as a fountain and is located in Isny im Allgäu not far from the city ??wall. It shows a cow that is being milked by an official. On hot days, the fountain serves as a wet playground for the children, but the sculpture also has political wit.
The official, seated on an office chair, lifts a bucket and water flows out of the holes in the bucket, representing the milk and representing the taxes. A bucket of the work of art has fallen over, from which a cat is helping itself. So the subtitle of the sculpture is "Everything for the cat".
The cow is the symbol for the taxpayers, that is us - who are milked by the personified tax waste. Constructed as a bench, the explanation of the work of art is found on the side – carved in stone.
The fountain was created by the artist Leo Wirth from Laudenbach and is a donation and loan from the Immler brothers.
Isny is actually in an area where the cows are used for dairy, not meat (local fact).
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Steuerzahlerbrunnen
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Leoo Wirth
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1999
Materials used: Bronze (and water)
Location: Wassertorstraße 43, Isny
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