Sneek
A man with a Horn of Plenty stands on a golden ball in the middle of the water.
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The 11fountains are off and hibernating. In the spring they will clatter again.
Fortuna’s Fountain
A man with a Horn of Plenty stands on a golden ball in the middle of the water. The image refers to Fortuna, the goddess of fortune and the patron saint of cities, families and people. The overflowing horn symbolises the material well-being of all the happy people who come into contact with it. But the golden orb rotates constantly around its axis, so that the water, like the fluctuations of fortune, becomes an unpredictable, wild force. The overabundance which pours over us can be taken away, just as quickly, by fate. Just as it was in the history of Sneek.
Stephan Balkenhol
Stephan Balkenhol (1957) is considered one of the most important contemporary sculptors. His human figures carved out of wood or made in bronze play with us or gently illuminate the oh-so-human history of a city or location. In Sneek, a city with a long, historical link with Germany, his fountain is reminiscent of the alternating periods of prosperity and adversity. Just like life itself.
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