Marcus-Brunnen, Bremen

The Marcus Fountain in Bremen-Mitte is located in the Liebfrauenkirchhof. It was inaugurated in 1909 and has been a listed building since 1973.

Victor Marcus was a senator from 1887 and mayor of Bremen in 1907 and 1909. He donated the first Marcus Fountain in Bürgerpark in 1883 and the second Marcus Fountain in Liebfrauenkirchhof in 1908.

The fountain in the Liebfrauenkirchhof was built in 1909 according to the design of the Berlin architect Heinrich Jennen with sculptural decoration by the Munich sculptor Hermann Hahn. The decagonal base and the fountain bowl are made of stone. The fountain's base, made of blue shell limestone, is richly decorated with five putti made of bronze in the niches, with toys or animals from which water trickles. The inscription on the basin reads: "Donated by Victor Marcus Dr. iur. mayor MCMVIIII", the one on the fountain head: "Give me living water that I may not thirst forever ". The fountain was intended to draw the attention of pedestrians coming from Sögestraße to the Moltkedenkmal at the neighboring Liebfrauenkirche, which was also inaugurated in 1909 and was the work of the same artists.

There was a cab stand on the square for a long time, and the cab drivers used to take care of the fountain; that's why it used to be called "cab fountain".