Dr.-Lothar-Siessl-Platz
Artistically documented city history
Dr.-Lothar-Sießl-Platz, named after the mayor who held office from 1974-99, was created as part of the urban redevelopment that began in the 1970s. Until then – as the old photo above shows – there was still a very dense and narrow development here.
The very name “Hotel Alte Post” (Old Post Office Hotel) indicates that residence guests also stayed here in the 18th century, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1778 (Protestant Paulskirche and Residenzschloss). Later, Dr. Friedrich Glaser, a doctor who was particularly politically active during the 1848/49 revolution, lived and practised in one part of the extensive building [Standort 53].
However, the area where the Vorstadt and Neuer Allee meet is not just a place of remembrance of the town’s history. Since 2001, the “Mozart Fountain” has documented cross-sections of Kirchheimboland’s history in an artistic and illustrative way.
It was created by Prof. Eberhard Linke, a painter, graphic artist, draughtsman, sculptor and university lecturer from Rheinhessen, who was born in 1937 and has received numerous awards and honors.
Fountain stele
His fountain stele in the Kirchheimboland pedestrian zone presents selected themes and events in seven cubes:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s visit to the princely court of Nassau-Weilburg in 1778 with his organ playing in St. Paul’s Church [Locations 30, 32]
Desecration and burning of the Jewish synagogue on November 10, 1938 [Standort 35]
German Revolution 1848/49, Kirchheimbolander Bürgerverein and Mathilde Hitzfeld [Standorte 59,60]
End of the princely era, fire at the castle in 1792 [Standort 32]
ABC book dispute between prince and subjects over a joint Lutheran-Reformed primary school reading book 1777 [Standort 32]
Carl August and Carl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg with their wives [Standort 32]
Town wall and fortification towers of the Middle Ages on the basis of the granting of the town charter in 1368 by Emperor Charles IV [locations 05, 07, 08, 13, 19].
