"Wilhadi Brunnen" 1883

Richard Neumann

"Wilhadi fountain"

Bronze, sandstone

Cast: Gladenbeck, Berlin

Engraving: Schmidt and Käfer, Bremen

Sponsor: Heinrich Pietzer

No longer in existence

A bronze sculpture on a fountain pipe made from sandstone (grooved pillar with a triangular base) with figurative decorations made from bronze: Three putti riding dolphin waterspouts, holding a seashell bowl each in which they catch the water. Below the bowls, a crest each is affixed: The Hanse crest, the episcopal crest and the crest of Bremen. The basin is made from sandstone.

Inscription:

Heinr. Pietzer M.D. to his hometown 30^th April 1883.

The fountain was inaugurated on the 19^th June 1883, the bronze parts were melted down on the 19^th May 1942 in the course of the German metal donation programme. The fountain basin was removed on the 26^th June 1952 due to traffic related reasons.