Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Villersbrunnen

The building you can see in the background is called Ring-Messehaus. According to the "internet", so it must be true, "The building was constructed in several phases. It was until 1926 by the ring-Messehaus AG built. The complex extends from Tröndlinring to Humboldt Street, north of the Richard-Wagner-Platz."

well it does if you use Google Translate directly inside Wikipedia. 

The fountain is called Villersbrunnen and was sculpted by Max Unger in 1903 in the image of the late wife of the Leipzig publisher DürrThe statue was melted down in 1942 and used in the German war effort. In the 1950's the fountain was restored to its original state with the help of a replica by sculptor Marcus Gläser, which was then in turn stolen again in 1993 and only replaced in 2003 by another faithful copy.

Fountain

Fountain


Fountain

Fountain

Fountain

Fountain

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