Lipsia-Brunnen

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Lipsia-Brunnen
Kleine Fleischergasse / Barfußgäßchen
Leipzig, September 2024

“The Lipsia Fountain is located on the small triangular square created by the slanting confluence of Kleine Fleischergasse and Barfußgäßchen. It faces the historic ‘Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum’ restaurant, the oldest café in Germany. The fountain is made of red granite. From a lower basin, approximately five meters in diameter, rises a second basin on a mighty column depicting four bearded men's faces. Above it, a third basin, narrower still, stands. Beneath this basin, four naked boys hold hands, seeking protection from the water overflowing from a small fountain in the upper basin. The fountain was praised as ‘a significant example of the concept of an organic connection between architecture and sculpture’. In 1913, Max Lange (1868–1947), a physician and sculptor then working in Leipzig, designed this fountain and won first prize in a competition to beautify the city. It was initially intended to be placed on the Naschmarkt. Why this was not done is unknown. It eventually ended up at its current location. The fountain was originally called Puttenbrunnen (Putten Fountain). In art, depictions of naked children are called putti; if they have wings, they are also called angels. However, these are missing here. Because of the Lipsia House, which stands west of the fountain, the name Lipsia Fountain became common and is now officially used. Lipsia is the Latin name for Leipzig.” (Lipsia Fountain, Wikipedia)