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Heilenstraße / Casinostraße

Sackträger-Brunnen

Bag Carrier Fountain

 Franz Xaver Marmon
1912

Witten / Sackträger-Brunnen   Witten / Sackträger-Brunnen

Beschreibung / Description

The fountain was built in 1912 after a competition for a fountain on Witten's Kornmarkt announced from the end of 1911 to the beginning of 1912. The design by the Witten town architect Alois Baur and the Sigmaringen sculptor Franz (Xaver) Marmon was implemented. In 1990 the fountain was moved from Kornmarkt to Heilenstraße, with the lower part of the fountain being replaced by a redesign. The original of Marmon's bag carrier statue figure has been preserved.

Informationsschild / Information Sign

Sackträger-Brunnen
Zur Erinnerung an dem im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert florierenden Kornmarkt Wittens und die Sackträgergilde.
1909 gestiftet durch den Wittener Verschönerungsverein, bis 1951 Standort alten Kornmarkt (heute Busbahnhof).
1989 durch die Stadt Witten mit neuer Brunnenschale wiedereingerichtet.
Bag Carrier Fountain
To commemorate Witten's grain market, which flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the bag carriers' guild.
Donated in 1909 by the Witten Beautification Association, until 1951 on the old Kornmarkt (today the bus station).
Set up again in 1989 by the town of Witten with a new fountain shell.

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Lage / Location (N 51°26'17" - E 7°20'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw985; Photograph: 31 July 2022
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