Marriage Carousel Sculpture, Nuremberg Photos

The Marriage Carousel (Ehekarussell) fountain sculpture (aka Hans Sachs fountain) (1981) by Jürgen Weber is based on poem by Hans Sachs and traces the years of a couples relationship from young love to strangulation.

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Detail of lizard face on Marriage Carousel sculpture fountain located near White Tower. Nuremberg, Germany.Marriage Carousel sculpture which portrays couple's life from courtship to strangling each other after poem by Hans Sachs. Nuremberg, Germany.Column of roses detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Sculpted young woman detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
Detail of lizard face on Marriage Carousel sculpture fountain located near White Tower. Nuremberg, Germany.Marriage Carousel sculpture which portrays couple's life from courtship to strangling each other after poem by Hans Sachs. Nuremberg, Germany.Column of roses detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Sculpted young woman detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
Courtship of couple detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Wife with trumpeter detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple nurturing children on back of symbolic pelican detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple nurturing children on back of symbolic pelican detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
Courtship of couple detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Wife with trumpeter detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple nurturing children on back of symbolic pelican detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple nurturing children on back of symbolic pelican detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
Pelican detail nurturing couple's children on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple growing fat with gluttony detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple growing fat with gluttony detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Symbolic goat detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
Pelican detail nurturing couple's children on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple growing fat with gluttony detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple growing fat with gluttony detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Symbolic goat detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
Couple in conflict detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Marriage Carousel fountain by Jürgen Weber based on poem by Hans Sachs. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple strangling each other detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple strangling each other detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
Couple in conflict detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Marriage Carousel (Ehekarussell) fountain (aka Hans Sachs fountain) (1981) by Jürgen Weber based on poem by Hans Sachs. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple strangling each other detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple strangling each other detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
Couple strangling each other detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple in old age detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Till death do you part detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Figure, probably Hans Sachs, dances above Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
Couple strangling each other detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Couple in old age detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Till death do you part detail on Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.Figure, probably Hans Sachs, dances above Marriage Carousel sculpture. Nuremberg, Germany.
White Tower on Ludwigsplatz. Nuremberg, Germany.


White Tower (Weißer Turm) (c1250) on Ludwigsplatz. Nuremberg, Germany.



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