St. Johanne

The St. Johanner Marktbrunnen stands on the St. Johanner Markt in Saarbrücken . The fountain is listed as an individual monument.

The eight-sided, curved fountain has four bulges as an outdoor pool. An obelisk adorned with tendrils protrudes from the central basin and is crowned by a vase. The water flows out of four masks and runs through wrought iron pipes into the outdoor pool. A wrought-iron grille with rich decorations runs along the edge of the central basin.

As early as 1556, a bill to the mayor's office of St. Johann mentions stone carving by the sculptor Wolf Schroppen for a fountain in the market. This was replaced in 1602 by a new fountain by Heinrich Kempter . The fountain that is preserved today was built in 1759/60 as the result of a competition based on designs by Ignatius Bischof and Friedrich Joachim Stengel . The sculptural work is by Johann Philipp Mihm , the wrought iron grating by Sontag Bückelmann . The four large basins were inserted around 1880 and replaced in 1930. In their place were originally mussels.

In the 20th century, the fountain was relocated several times in order to cope with the changing traffic routes. After setting up the pedestrian zone on the market, the building was put back in its original place in the converging lines of sight of St. Johanner Markt, Obertorstraße and Saarstraße and placed on a stepped base. The well had to be renovated several times, for example in 1930, 1994 and 2012.