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Today's Aschrottbrunnen fountain in front of the town hall by artist Dr. Horst Hoheisel is a reminiscence of its predecessor in the same place, which was donated by Jewish merchant Siegmund Aschrott. Declared a documenta artwork in 2012.
From ornament to memorial
Until 1939, a monumental fountain with a twelve-metre-high sandstone obelisk stood in front of Kassel's town hall. It was donated by the Jewish entrepreneur Sigmund Aschrott in 1908. The anti-Semitic hatred of the National Socialists ultimately led to the destruction of the fountain. In 1987, Horst Hoheisel created a copy of the historical fountain sculpture as a hollow form, which was sunk into the ground like a funnel. The water plunges into the depths. What remains is a counter-monument, a reference to the "open wound" in the city's history.
