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Presscouncil City of Chemnitz
Pressrelease: 186

Fountain season 2016

It starts on 15 April with the fountain at the Red Tower

In keeping with tradition, the fountain at the Red Tower will be the first to be put into operation in the 2016 fountain season. The date is 15 April. In the days that follow, the other municipal fountains will then start up and by Friday, 20 May, all 18 fountains will be bubbling.

  • Am Roten Turm fountain (Straße der Nationen / Park an der Stadthalle)
  • Völkerfreundschaft fountain (Straße der Nationen)
  • Umbrella Fountain (Street of Nations)
  • Children's fountain (Straße der Nationen)
  • Wedding fountain at the IHK building (Straße der Nationen)
  • Rattling Fountain (Street of Nations)
  • Rosenhof fountain (Rosenhof / in front of the tower block)
  • Zipper fountain (castle pond island)
  • Castle pond fountain (castle pond)
  • Ginkgo fountain basin (Rosenhof)
  • Sachsenhalle water basin (Dr.-Salvador-Allende-Straße)
  • Grüna fountain stone (Hexenberg)
  • Fountain at the market hall (Seeberplatz)
  • Azzano fountain (Am Rathaus street, next to Kaufhof building)
  • Saxonia (Johannisplatz).
  • Park of Youth (Schlossbergpark)
  • Illuminated fountain (castle pond)
  • Ball fountain - Röhrsdorf

The city of Chemnitz has 63,000 euros available in its budget for the 2016 season to operate the 18 fountains under its responsibility.

Nine fountains are managed by eins energie in sachsen GmbH & Co KG on the basis of a service agreement concluded between the City of Chemnitz and the supplier:

  • Am Roten Turm fountain (Straße der Nationen / Park an der Stadthalle)
  • Umbrella fountain (Straße der Nationen)
  • Children's fountain (Straße der Nationen)
  • Rosenhof fountain (Rosenhof / in front of the tower block)
  • Castle pond fountain (castle pond)
  • Ginkgo fountain basin (Rosenhof)
  • Sachsenhalle water basin (Dr.-Salvador-Allende-Straße)
  • Park of Youth (Schlossbergpark)
  • Illuminated fountain (castle pond)

The operation of eight other fountains is sponsored in the form of contributions in kind:

  • Klapperbrunnen by eins energie (complete maintenance and energy costs)
  • Völkerfreundschaft fountain by AIC Hörmann GmbH & Co KG (complete maintenance)
  • Wedding fountain by IHK Chemnitz (complete maintenance and energy costs)
  • Sprudelstein Grüna by the Heimatverein Grüna (complete maintenance and energy costs)
  • Fountain on Seeberplatz by REAL Vermögen GmbH (complete maintenance and energy costs)
  • Azzano fountain at Kaufhof and Zipper fountain by Kavalir & Co. GmbH (complete maintenance)
  • Saxonia by the property management company Kellnberger (complete maintenance + energy costs)
  • Park der Jugend, 5 Erdteile by Miramar/SEG Kruhle & Schomburg Chemnitz (energy costs)
  • Kugelbrunnen - Röhrsdorf (costs are borne by the village of Röhrsdorf)

The GGGmbH provides funding for the operation of the fountain at the Sachsenhalle.