Europabrunnen, Heritage fountain in Königsheimplatz, Dresden, Germany

Europabrunnen is a heritage monument in Dresden featuring a central bronze sculpture group, surrounded by a tall sandstone wall and water basins. The installation forms an enclosed plaza that presents the fountain as the focal point of a public green space.

The work was created in 1922 by Professor Georg Wrba when Dresden incorporated the Blasewitz district. The original bronze figures disappeared during wartime, with new ones created later.

The bronze group shows Europa, daughter of the Phoenician king Agenor and Telephassa, carried off by Zeus in the form of a bull to Crete, where she bore Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. Blasewitz residents nicknamed the fountain "Gustel von Blasewitz", after the mayor's daughter, because mayor Blüher had promised it during the 1921 incorporation.

The fountain sits on a public plaza that is easily accessible on foot and remains open during daylight hours. The space works well for a stroll and a quick visit, particularly in good weather.

The bronze figures you see today date to 1995 and were redesigned by Lothar Janus after wartime loss. This reconstruction shows how artworks come back to life after destruction.