Talk:Wimmer's Fountain

Article title?

@ŠJů: Would Wimmer's Fountain be an appropriate title, or is the "´" character necessary? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:22, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

@Another Believer: I'm not so familiar with English grammar. The founder of the fountain was Jakub (Jacob) Wimmer the tanner. However, I found the Wimmer Fountain now. --ŠJů (talk) 03:39, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

@ŠJů: OK, I went ahead and moved the page to "Wimmer's Fountain", but also added the title "Wimmer Fountain". That'll sort itself out over time. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 03:50, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

@ŠJů: Are you able to provide a source (in Czech is fine) verifying Jakub (Jacob) Wimmer as the founder? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 03:57, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

@Another Believer: Jakub Wimmer (1754–1822) was also one of owners of nearby Platýz Palace and has his houses, vineayards or parks also in Vinohrady, Bubny etc., or he was even owner of villages of Bubny, Nusle and Vršovice (today Prague districts). He made big military career and get rich on military supply for Austrian army in Napoleonish wars, and was also important feudal in Lenešice, Podlesí, Domoušice, Lhota, Horní Ročov and Divice, all in todays Louny district. Jakub Wimmer was who changed todays Prague Národní street to prestige promenade and the Nusle Valley to English garden etc. He is mentioned also as a possible founder of Letná Park but probably not in strictu sense.

His fountain (sponsored by him) with statue of Lovers and Swan (by sculptor cs:František Xaver Lederer, 1757–1811) was placed originally in 1797 at nowadays Jungmann Square, at the times called "Franciscan Place" or "New Avenues". In 1895, the fountain was moved to Vrchlický's Park (Wimmer Park at that times) in front of the Main Station. Afterwards it was placed at Betlehem Square for some time. Since 1951 it is placed on the square named "Uhelný trh" (Coal Market) (hovewer, during construction of underground collectors it was temporarily in depository). See http://www.praha1.cz/cps/praha-1-jungmannovo-namesti.html (official website of the city district of Prague 1) for this short history. However, the statue on the square is a replica. The damaged original is in depositary.

As says the Wikipedia article about the sculptor, interpretation of the sculpture on the fountain is not clear: it is accosicated with Song of Songs or interpreted as allegory of wine-growing and orcharding.

"Svobodný hlas" (Free Voice), the local newspaper of Louny District, published in 1999 an article about Jakub Wimmer. See http://www.svobodnyhlas.cz/archiv/1999/hlas25_5.pdf, the article "Lenešický baron - lidumil" (Philanthropist baron of Lenešice). The article says that "At the late 18th century there was not more popular and enterprising man than Jakub Wimmer in Prague as well as in the whole Bohemia" and that he introduced extraordinary ingenuity to economic activities. But it's a local patriotism of the village of Lenešice. Factually, his name is unknown for majority of Czechs. Regrettably, he has not his own Wikipedia article yet. --ŠJů (talk) 12:39, 24 August 2016 (UTC)