Hotmannspief (water fountain), Aachen

Hotmannspief (Hotmannspiif) is situated on Alexanderstraße and is one of the city’s monuments and historic fountains. It was created in the form of an obelisk in 1825 by architect Adam Friedrich Franz Leydel. The monument was erected in 1830 and features four cast-iron, gilded figures on all sides, holding cans in both hands, from which water flows into a round catch basin on the front sides. Under the figures you can see four lion mouths. It is not quite clear as to why this fountain has such a name; perhaps, it was once the property of a family or a company bearing the same name.