Concourse in the Bronx in Bronx County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Heinrich Heine Fountain
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 14, 2023
1. The Heinrich Heine Fountain Marker
Inscription.
The Heinrich Heine Fountain (also called The Lorelei Fountain) honors the German poet and writer (1797-1856) whose poem "Die Lorelei" immortalized the siren of Romantic legend. The marble sculptural group depicts Lorelei seated on a rock in the Rhine River among mermaids, dolphins and seashells. The bas reliefs around the pedestal include a profile of Heine. As a result of a campaign by many German writers and scholars, the sculptor Ernst Herter (1846-1917) was commissioned, with the financial assistance of Empress Elizabeth of Austria, to design the fountain in 1888 for the writer's home city of Düsseldorf, which declined the monument on aesthetic as well as political grounds. The fountain was purchased by a committee of German-Americans in 1893 and dedicated in what was then known as Grand Concourse Plaza on July 8, 1899. It was moved to the park's north end in 1940. In 1999 this monument was restored, relocated to its original location and placed in a newly landscaped setting in Joyce Kilmer Park.
The Heinrich Heine Fountain (also called The Lorelei Fountain) honors the German poet and writer (1797-1856) whose poem "Die Lorelei" immortalized the siren of Romantic legend. The marble sculptural group depicts Lorelei seated on a rock in the Rhine River among mermaids, dolphins and seashells. The bas reliefs around the pedestal include a profile of Heine. As a result of a campaign by many German writers and scholars, the sculptor Ernst Herter (1846-1917) was commissioned, with the financial assistance of Empress Elizabeth of Austria, to design the fountain in 1888 for the writer's home city of Düsseldorf, which declined the monument on aesthetic as well as political grounds. The fountain was purchased by a committee of German-Americans in 1893 and dedicated in what was then known as Grand Concourse Plaza on July 8, 1899. It was moved to the park's north end in 1940. In 1999 this monument was restored, relocated to its original location and placed in a newly landscaped setting in Joyce Kilmer Park.
is in Bronx, New York, in Bronx County. It is in Concourse. Marker can be reached from East 161 Street west of Grand Concourse, on the right when traveling west. The marker is on the grounds of Joyce Kilmer Plaza. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 94 East 161 Street, Bronx NY 10452, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 14, 2023
2. The Heinrich Heine Fountain
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 64 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
