Drinking water fountain - Historic Old Town Fountain
Drinking water fountain at Justus Liebig House, on Darmstadt's Old Town Island
Your own drinking bottles can be filled with water here free of charge.
The fountain, designed in 1862 by sculptor Johann Baptist Scholl the Younger (1818–1881), served as a public water supply and stood on the ‘island’ until the old town was destroyed. In 1885/86, a block of six houses was demolished in the densely built-up, overpopulated and neglected old town in order to improve living conditions there. This created the so-called ‘island’, for many the epitome of the old town.
Next to the rebuilt sandstone fountain stands the Niebergall Fountain, erected in 1930 to mark Darmstadt's 600th anniversary, commemorating the dialect poet Ernst Elias Niebergall (1815-1843). Information about the ‘island’ in the old town and the old town fountains can be found on the new information board. A QR code leads to further information on the city's website www.darmstadt.de/altstadtinsel.
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Address
Justus-Liebig-Haus, Kaplaneigasse 1
64283 Darmstadt
Links
Contact
Tourist and city information Darmstadt Shop in the Rathausfoyer
Luisenstraße 12
64283 Darmstadt
Tel.: +49 6151 - 1345-13
Fax: +49 6151 - 1347-5858
information@
darmstadt.de
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 8 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 6 pm
Closed on bank holidays.
Special opening hours
Shrove Tuesday until 2 p.m.
Heinerfest Monday until 1 p.m.
Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve until 1 p.m.
Infopoint Mathildenhöhe
Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm
Infopoint: In Olbrichweg, on the north side of the exhibition building (rear), between the Wedding Tower and the Darmstadt h_da University of Applied Sciences.
Shopping with the "Darmstadt Gutschein"
The vouchers worth 10, 25, 50 or 100 euros can be bought online and in the Darmstadt Shop and can be redeemed in about 60 shops and restaurants in Darmstadt.