This is one of my favourite fountains. It’s the “Elwetritsche Brunnen” in Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Palatinate.
Elwetritsche are mythical creatures from our area, often said to be bird-like and a mixture of other animals or things.
And there are always new ones hatching.
The artist who created this wonderful fountain is Gernot Rumpf.
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I can see why it’s a favourite Elke, it is a fabulous fountain
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Wow! That is some kind of fountain!
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It’s wine growing country. Who knows what they were thinking/doing at the time 😄
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Very unique!
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What fun!
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There is a word in German called “weinselig”. It’s translated as “vinous” but possibly it’s more “blissful” in combination of wine drinking.
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I had wondered what these creatures were but now I know, thank you Elke 😀.
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In Landau they say this about them: https://www.esv-landau-pfalz.de/Elwetritsch/Legende_Elwetr.htm
My husband and I have been participating in our own Elwetritsche hunt these past days. The elwetritsch has eluded us until today. Today we ventured across the river Rhine and I think we struck … something. I.e. we bought a car (ours died on us on the A5, our neighbours car got sick with us, we fixed the battery, then bought a new battery and had it installed, and this morning it finally died all together. But not all is lost, I hope we bought a reliable one today – it’ll take 2 weeks until we have it (TÜV, private inspection, registration plates etc.) and then I will be mobile again!
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Thanks, I’ll check that. So sorry to hear about your car troubles. All the best with the new one!
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‘Thank you. We seem to need it. 🙄
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❤️
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