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Schachtbrunnen

Schacht Fountain

Franz Blazek
1913

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze statue of a shepherd boy (or gardener's boy) with a dog - the dog is the emblem of Quedlinburg - on the column standing in the centre of a hexagonal limestone basin. On the front of the column, is the Quedlinburg coat of arms and on the back was the family crest of the founder, a sailing ship with billowing sails (it is cut off).

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

Originally, there was an inscription (we haven't seen it):

Seiner Vaterstadt Friedrich Schacht 1913.

Informationsschild / Information Sign

SCHACHTBRUNNEN
gestiftet vom Kaufmann Friedrich Schacht
im Jahr 1911

restauriert mit Hilfe von Spenden des Freundeskreises
Rieter, Bochum
und der
G. & H. Murmann - Stiftung Troisdorf
Quedlinburg, August 1995

Künstler*in / Artist

Franz Blazek (Wien 1887 - 1941), German sculptor.

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Schachtbrunnen (Quedlinburg).

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 51°47'19" - E 11°8'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desa067; Photograph: 11 August 2013
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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