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Bremerhaven
Freie Hansestadt Bremen

Theodor-Heuss-Platz
(Stadttheater)

Ludwig-Krüder-Brunnen

Ludwig Krüder Fountain

Named after Ludwig Krüder, Bremen town council, whose son founded this fountain

Gerhard Olbrich & Hermann Joachim Pagels
1914/1998

Description

Semicircular wall fountain of Franconian shell limestone, with in the center a bronze, formerly gilded boy figure on a high pedestal in a 3.20 meter high niche. The boy holds in each hand a fish from whose mouths gushing water.
The bronze boy was probably melted in 1944 and in 1952 was the complete fountain demolished. Partly with the original stones, the fountain was re-erected in 1998 with a new boy made by sculptors Gerhard Olbrich and Thomas Schmalz.

Sculptors

Gerhard Olbrich (Berlin 1927 - Bremerhaven 2010), German educator, painter and sculptor (Website – Wikipedia).
Hermann Joachim Pagels (Lübeck 1876 - Berlin 1959), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Denkmäler und Skulpturen in Bremerhaven.
Stadt Bremerhaven, Der Ludwig-Krüder-Brunnen.

Locatie (N 53°32'26" - E 8°34'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehb021; Photograph: 16 April 2016
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