Frankfurter Märchenbrunnen, Art Nouveau fountain in Untermainanlage, Germany
The Märchenbrunnen features a central white marble nymph figure surrounded by bronze creatures, fish, and lizards emerging from an eight-meter-high structure.
Art patron Leo Gans funded the fountain's construction in 1910, investing 150,000 Marks to create this public artwork near Frankfurt's Municipal Theatre.
The fountain's main figure represents a water nymph modeled after Margarete Endres, a 19-year-old washerwoman from the von Weinberg family household.
Located next to Willy-Brandt-Platz and the Municipal Theatre, the fountain remains accessible throughout the year via public transportation or car.
North Korean artists from Mansudae Overseas Projects reconstructed the bronze figures in 2005 using photographs from the 1920s after their wartime destruction.
Location: Frankfurt
GPS coordinates: 50.10830,8.67304
Latest update: March 3, 2025 01:57
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