Athenebrunnen

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The Athenebrunnen (or Fountain of Pallas Athena) is a fountain that bears the name of the Greek goddess Athena and is along Jean-Amery-Weg towards Karlsruhe in the western part of Stuttgart. It is a creation of Karl Donndorf (1870–1941), dating from 1911. This fountain, important both culturally and historically, has been fully operational since 2011.

The fountain belonged to the park of the villa built in 1870 by the industrialist Gustav Siegle (1840–1905). His widow Julie had the fountain built by sculptor Karl Donndorf on the northern slope of Karlshöhe in a neoclassical style. It was located in the park above the Villa Siegle which is at the foot of Karlshöhe, and below the family's summer house "Sonnenschlösschen", which was at the top. During the Second World War, the whole park suffered much damage. The villa had been destroyed in 1944 and the ruins demolished in 1953. The summer house was also demolished in 1961 and replaced by a viewing terrace with a bar which still exists today. Athena's fountain had also fallen into disrepair. In 1989, the Cultural Association Verschönerungsverein Stuttgart, which owns a large part of Karlshöhe, had the basins and figures of...