Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Fountain erected for the 770th anniversary of the town of Kyritz. The figures are based on the Bassewitz legend, as described by Theodor Fontane. The three women with bowls – from which water flows – represent the brave Kyritz women who poured hot porridge over the head of the robber baron Bassewitz, when he came out of an underground passage. Bassewitz himself is shown only with head and shoulders above the ground.

Around the fountain are three steles with six reliefs showing topics of local history:

Stele 1: the Franciscan monastery
1. Two monks in a library

   Das Kloster zu Kyritz war weit bekannt als Hort des Disputs und der Lehre. Pater Mathias (Mathias Döring +1469 in Kyritz) Provincialdirektor des Ordens im Sachsenland, gereichte der Stadt sehr zur Ehre.

   The monastery to Kyritz was widely known as a stronghold of the dispute and teaching. Father Mathias (Mathias Döring +1469 in Kyritz) Provincial Director of Order in Saxony, brought the town great honor.

2. Two Franciscan monks pray for a sick

   Die Franziskaner einst gründeten hier ein Kloster im Kyritzer Revier. Der Schwachen, Kranken, Siechen und Armen, taten sie sich mit Gott erbarmen.

   The Franciscans once established here a monastery in the Kyritzer region. The weak, the sick, the ill and the poor, did they mercy with God.

   Stele 2: Kyritz

3. A draper and a tailor

   Die Kyritzer der frühen Tage schufen Wohlstand durch ihre Ware. Tuchmacher und Schneider waren die erste Zunft. Sie saßen im Rat und schlossen mit der Hanse den Bund.

   The Kyritzers of the early days created prosperity by their goods. Drapers and tailors were the first guild. They sat in the council and concluded with the Hanse the covenant

4. Two men with beer kegs

   Das Kyritzer Starkbier, “Mord und Totschlag” genannt, war am Fürstenhof und in Hansestädten bekannt. Sein Name hier zugleich Omen sei, Manch Trinkgelage endete als Rauferei.

   The Kyritz strong beer, "Murder and Manslaughter" called, was at the court and in Hanseatic cities known. His name here was also Omen, Many drinking session ended as brawl.

   Stele 3: Carl Diercke and Kyritz an der Knatter

5. Teacher ("Carl Diercke 1842-1913") and students

   Carl Diercke (*1842 in Kyritz +1913 in Berlin) ist ein Sohn dieser Stadt, einer der weit bekannten. War Lehrer, Schulreformer, Geograph, ernannt zum Geheimen Regierungsrat, Urheber von Schulkarten und der Diercke Atlanten.

   Carl Diercke (* 1842 in Kyritz +1913 in Berlin) is a son of this town, one of the far known. Was teacher, school reformer, Geographer appointed to Privy Councillor, Author of school maps and Diercke atlases

6. Stagecoach and name sign "KYRITZ an der Knatter"

   “Kyritz an der Knatter” - welch ein Posse - Liegt an der Jäglitz und nahe der Dosse. Doch die Reisenden tat immer verdattern, Das unaufhörliche Mühlen-Knattern.

   "Kyritz on the Knatter" - What a farce - it lies on the Jäglitz and near the Dosse. But the traveler was always fuddled, by the incessant mills-rattling.

   Signature

   WK 2007

   

   Sculptor

   • Jan Witte-Kropius (c. 1959), German painter and sculptor from Neu Karin near Neubukow

   Sources & Information

   • Stadt Kyritz, Bassewitzbrunnen.
   • Fontane Kultour, Bassewitzbrunnen.

   Tags

   Town: Kyritz Kreis: Lkr. Ostprignitz-Ruppin Land: Brandenburg Country: Germany

   Bassewitz, robber baron Cartographer Diercke, Carl Döring, Mathias

   Draper Fountain History Sculpture Monk

   Tailor Teacher Witte-Kropius, Jan Woman with bowl

   Locatie (N 52°56'32" - E 12°23'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

   Item Code: debr012; Photograph: 31 July 2016
   Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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