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Adenauerteich

since 1957
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A kidney-shaped fountain pond in the Rheinpark, created in 1957 for the Federal Garden Show – named after rose breeder Konrad Adenauer, with crown fountains and water jets.

Frauenbrunnen

since 1987
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A 1987 terracotta fountain in the courtyard of the „An Farina“ complex, showing ten Cologne women from two millennia of city history as representatives of their era.

Genoveva Fountain

since 1914
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A fountain in a Mülheim green space crowned by a life-size sculpture of Saint Genevieve with a child and a stag — the namesake of a street, a grammar school and a swimming pool.

Heinzelmännchen Fountain

since 1900

Just a few steps from Cologne Cathedral, the Heinzelmännchen Fountain recalls the city's famous legend of industrious house spirits who did the townsfolk's work while they slept. The richly decorated fountain stands on the street Am Hof, opposite the traditional Früh brewery.

Hermann Joseph Fountain

since 1894
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A richly figured 1894 fountain on Waidmarkt telling the legend of the "apple saint" Hermann Joseph — considered the high point of sculptor Wilhelm Albermann's work.

Märchenbrunnen (Fairy Tale Fountain)

since 1914
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A 1914 sandstone-and-bronze fountain at the edge of the Mülheim municipal garden, created after designs by Wilhelm Albermann and a protected monument since 1980.

Mülheim Town Fountain

since 1884
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A roughly ten-metre sandstone fountain from 1884 whose crowned patroness, the "Mülheimia", commemorates the devastating Rhine flood of 1784.

Water-Kinetic Sculpture

since 1977
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A walk-in stainless steel fountain by Wolfgang Göddertz on Ebertplatz, nine metres tall and known locally as the "Nail Fountain".

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