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English: The Behn-Brunnen (Behn fountain, named after 19th century mayor of Altona, Carl Heinrich Caspar Behn) in Hamburg-Altona at the corner of Behnstraße and Königstraße. It shows an Oceanid holding a small ship (a cog) in her right hand, and some branch in the left. (The branch was only restored in 2015, and an Internet source speaks of an olive branch, but it looks more like a laurel branch to me.) The fish at the bottom are capable of shooting out water, but the fountain was dry when this picture was taken. (The same source speaks of “dolphins” but again I must call into question its powers of observation.) The sculptor was Wilhelm Giesecke.
Deutsch: Der Behn-Brunnen (benannt nach dem Altonaer Bürgermeister Carl Heinrich Caspar Behn aus dem 19. Jahrhundert) in Hamburg-Altona an der Ecke Behn-/Königstraße. Es stellt eine Okeanide dar, die in der Rechten ein kleines Schiff (eine Kogge) hält und in der Linken einen belaubten Zweig. (Der Zweig wurde erst 2015 wieder hergestellt, und im Internet wird behauptet, es handle sich um einen Ölzweig, aber für mich sieht das eher nach Lorbeer aus.) Die Fische zu ihren Füßen können Wasser spucken, aber zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme war der Brunnen trocken. (Dieselbe Quelle spricht von Delphinen, aber wiederum muß ich ihre Beobachtungsgabe bezweifeln.) Der Bildhauer war Wilhelm Giesecke.
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This is a photograph of an architectural monument.
It is on the list of cultural monuments of Hamburg, no. 15289.

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