Raimund Fountain, Sculpture in Pernitz, Austria
The Fontaine Raimund is a sculpture standing on a tall stone base in the main square of Pernitz, Austria. The figure represents the writer Ferdinand Raimund in a thoughtful pose, and the base carries carved inscriptions on all sides.
Ferdinand Raimund, a noted Viennese folk writer, lived from 1790 to 1836 and spent his final hours in the house directly across from where the sculpture now stands. The monument was created by sculptor Franz Pixner and placed here in 1952 to honor his memory.
The Fontaine Raimund depicts the writer Ferdinand Raimund holding a hobel, a wood plane he celebrated in his poem known as the Hobellied. Verses from that poem are carved into the sides of the base, in which Raimund bids farewell to the world through the image of his craft.
The sculpture stands in the main square of Pernitz and is easy to reach on foot from the center of town. Since the site is outdoors, the inscriptions on the base are best read in daylight.
The house where Ferdinand Raimund died in 1836 still stands directly across from the sculpture, so visitors can see both sites at once. The inscription on the front of the base names him a folk poet and explicitly refers to his death in that house opposite.
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