Siegfried der Drachentöter, Marble sculpture in Bürgerpark, Bremen, Germany.
Siegfried the Dragon Slayer is a marble sculpture in Bürgerpark that shows a legendary hero at the moment of defeating a monster. The work stands on a round sandstone base and is located near the Parkhotel.
The marble sculpture was carved by Constantin Dausch in 1875. In 1890 it was mounted on a round sandstone base as a fountain for the Nordwestdeutsche Gewerbe- und Industrieausstellung, with the water jet issuing from the dragon's mouth. After the exhibition it was moved in front of, and later beside, the Parkhotel am Bürgerpark.
The figure is Siegfried from the Nibelung legend, a hero of the Wälsungen line said to come from Xanten on the Lower Rhine; with superhuman strength he kills the dragon Fáfnir and wins a great treasure. The saga reaches back to the Migration Period.
The sculpture is located in the western section of Bürgerpark near the Parkhotel and is easy to reach. The site is freely accessible and can be visited from the park paths.
The 1890 fountain was a temporary installation for the Nordwestdeutsche Gewerbe- und Industrieausstellung, which drew 1.2 million visitors and was then Germany's largest exhibition. The water jet ran from the dragon's mouth on a round sandstone base; the marble group was moved to the Parkhotel only in 1892.
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