More InformationLocation: The Margaret Park (walk through a gate) / input Frobenstrasse
Artist: P. Moillet
In operation since: 1955
listed: no
History / Description: The round well is marked by a stone sculpture. It provides the Loreley (a Rheinnixe the German legend) portraying the head she supports with both hands and her fish tail is erect. Two wells in the self-mounted fish spit water over them.
Special: The fountain is on the floor of the parish Binningen, which belongs to the canton of Basel-Country. This area was once part of a large estate, acquired by the Canton Basel-Stadt in 1896 by the Canton Basel-Country. In 1897 there was opened to the public.
ein wirklich schöner Park. Bei der Brunnenfigur habe ich mich immer gefragt, wen sie darstellt. Die Loreley, die soviel Unglück über die Rheinschiffer gebracht hat, ist eine gute Erklärung
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