Historic Fountain Column
Description:
The historical column-fountain is located in Koblenz and depicts the two-thousand-year history of the city. Its height is 10.59 meters, weight is 3.6 tons, and the cost is 1.25 million DM.
The sculpture was built by Jürgen Weber in 2000. The composition consists of ten tiers, each of which shows in detail the stages of development of Koblenz.
The 10th tier is our time, where today’s city is created, looking to the future. 9 tier - the destruction of Koblenz after World War II, 8 tier - shows the Prussian era (XIX-XX centuries). 7 tier - the period of the French Revolution (1800), 6 tier - the time of the witch hunt and the Thirty Years' War (XVII-XVIII centuries). 5 tier depicts a flourishing city of the XIII-XVI centuries, 4 tier - slave trade and crusades (XII-XIII centuries). 3 tier - the reign of the Trier archbishop (X-XII centuries), 2 tier - a beautiful royal court VI-IX centuries. Completes the sculpture 1 tier - the time of the Roman settlement (I-V centuries).