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Georg Pingler Fountain

Georg Pingler
Montabaur 1815 - Königstein im Taunus 1892
Founder of the spa industry in Königstein; medical councillor and personal physician to Duke Adolph of Nassau
(Wikipedia)

Karl Schichtel
1913

Königstein im Taunus / Georg-Pingler-Brunnen

Description

Fountain with a bronze relief portrait, inscribed "Dr. Pingler".

Signature

KSchichtel 13

Annotation

Unveiled 21 September 1913.

Sculptor

Karl Schichtel, German sculptor from Frankfurt am Main.

Sources & Information

Beate Großmann-Hofmann, 20. Jahrhundert Vor 100 Jahren: Einige Nachrichten aus dem Königstein des Jahres 1913 (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 50°11'2" - E 8°27'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehs150; Photograph: 27 September 2014
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