Parnass-Brunnen

The Parnass-Brunnen was a Baroque fountain installed in the Calenberger Neustadt district of Hanover. It stood on the Neustädter Markt, the heart of the area. The fountain was also known as the Apollobrunnen. It was commissioned by Duke Johann Friedrich and designed by Johann Duve. The fountain featured Parnass, the mountain of the Muses, carved as a rocky grotto. Symbols of the four known continents surrounded it. Apollo and nine Muses appeared among twenty allegorical figures on the balustrade. A horse topped the fountain, bearing the coat of arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The water was originally supplied by pipes from a pond near the Küchengarten. Later, a waterworks with four pumps near the Leineschloss took over. Today, no trace of the original Parnass-Brunnen remains. The site is now occupied by the Schlossbrunnen, the oldest surviving municipal fountain in the city. It stands on Hannah-Arendt-Platz before the Leineschloss. A later replacement, the Duve-Brunnen, once stood on the Leibnizufer. The Tischbrunnen, created in 1973, now marks the spot where the Parnass-Brunnen once stood.