Heuschreck-Brunnen - Trier, Germany
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N 49° 45.246 E 006° 38.194
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Fountain named "Heuschreck-Brunnen" located at the junction Nagelstraße / Fleischstraße in Trier, Germany.
Waymark Code: WM17D2M
Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 01/29/2023
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"It was donated by the carnival society of the same name, the Trierer Heuschreck KG, in cooperation with the citizens of Trier. The ceremonial handover of the fountain took place in May 1977."
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"At the junction of Nagelstrasse and Fleischstrasse there is a fountain that you only notice as a water fountain at second glance.
Most of the time it serves as a seat for fast-food eaters or as a storage area for the same kind of food. But it is a funny fountain, with curious figures and a good portion of self-irony of the sculptor.
On the console in the middle part of the fountain stand five Trier originals pot-bellied, short-legged and mischievously grinning next to each other: the long Koorscht next to the small Kneisjen, Fischer's Maathes next to the narrow Wichshänschen with the handle pot and finally Krons Ton with his leather apron.
In the well shaft, under the feet of the stone figures, is the well builder Willi Hahn. His face is looking into the pedestrian zone, his feet are sticking out of the stone column in the direction of Brückenstraße.
On top of the column is an oversized grasshopper with red eyes sprayed on by pranksters. Obviously, the grasshopper has scared the flow of water, because the five gargoyles, which look like small elephant trunks, are dry.
In the octagonal fountain bowl burbles in collected rainwater any amount of unsavory garbage.
The Trier Carnival Society Heuschreck, in cooperation with the citizens of Trier, donated the fountain and ceremoniously handed it over in May 1977.
The sculptor himself
But which viewer of the "Heuschreck" fountain has ever noticed that the sculptor himself has also immortalized himself on his work of art? On one side of the stone stele a head protrudes and on the other side his feet (albeit two right ones) have pierced through. However, since they are so beautifully carved, one cannot assume that the sculptor had two left hands while working."
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