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Märchenbrunnen
The ''Märchenbrunnen'' (simply the "fountain of fairy tales") is located in the Volkspark Friedrichshain in Berlin. In 1893 the authorities of Berlin issued the artistic entrance to the National Park Friedrichshain. The ''fountain of fairy tales'' was commissioned by the National Park and later designed by Ludwig Hoffmann (architect), Ludwig Hoffmann. Hoffmann put forward the idea of a fountain in the park to depict fairy tales. Hoffmann describes this in his memoirs. Design Overall Plan The overall designs for the fountain complex came from architect and longtime Berlin city councilor, Ludwig Hoffmann (architect), Ludwig Hoffmann. The centerpiece of the design is a 34 x 54 meter (112 x 177 ft) fountain in Neo-Baroque style. The fountain basin is made up of four cascading waterfalls which contain one large and nine smaller individual fountains, as well as seven water-spouting frog figurines, one of which is denoted as being The Frog Prince. On the east side, the cascading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märchenbrunnen - Hans Im Glück 307
The ''Märchenbrunnen'' (simply the "fountain of fairy tales") is located in the Volkspark Friedrichshain in Berlin. In 1893 the authorities of Berlin issued the artistic entrance to the National Park Friedrichshain. The ''fountain of fairy tales'' was commissioned by the National Park and later designed by Ludwig Hoffmann (architect), Ludwig Hoffmann. Hoffmann put forward the idea of a fountain in the park to depict fairy tales. Hoffmann describes this in his memoirs. Design Overall Plan The overall designs for the fountain complex came from architect and longtime Berlin city councilor, Ludwig Hoffmann (architect), Ludwig Hoffmann. The centerpiece of the design is a 34 x 54 meter (112 x 177 ft) fountain in Neo-Baroque style. The fountain basin is made up of four cascading waterfalls which contain one large and nine smaller individual fountains, as well as seven water-spouting frog figurines, one of which is denoted as being The Frog Prince. On the east side, the cascading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
