Brunnen am Kiliansplatz
Brunnen am Kiliansplatz stands beside Würzburg Cathedral, where a modern fountain sculpture rises at the edge of Kiliansplatz. Helmut Weber created the work in 1980, using three blocks of local muschelkalk quarried in Moos.
The roughly 3.4-metre structure places Saint Kilian on a stylised boat surrounded by water. He wears a bishop’s mitre and holds a bishop’s staff and a cross, recalling the tradition that he and his companions travelled from Ireland to Würzburg. From the cathedral wall, his gaze turns towards Neumünster, which church tradition associates with his burial place.
The central figure reaches about 2.5 metres and forms the fountain’s clearest detail. Its twelve tonnes of shell limestone connect Kilian’s story with the stone and religious history of Würzburg.
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