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Bürgerbrunnen

Citizens Fountain

Kessen Ülk and Minchen Fountain

Bonifatius Stirnberg
date?

Description

Bronze scupture of a elderly couple, both with a basket, standing in a circular fountain basin with op the edge a frog and some birds.
The depticted couple is the basket weaver couple Kessen Ülk and Minchen (Gerhard and Wilhelmine Kesse, who died in 1910 and 1917 respectively), two Quakenbrück 'Originale'.

Information Sign

"burgerbrunnen"
gestiftet von
theodora rump
Geschaffen von Bonif. Stirnberg

Sculptor

Bonifatius Stirnberg (Freienohl 1933), German sculptor, famous for his fountains where the figures can be adjusted and moved (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste von Persönlichkeiten der Stadt Quakenbrück.

Locatie (N 52°40'26" - E 7°57'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens119; Photograph: 18 July 2013
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