This statue stands in the heart of Klagenfurt and has been here for over 300 years. This is what Wikipedia has to say about the statue, translated from German.
The dragon fountain at the new place in Klagenfurt from the 16 Century is the landmark of the city and is the emblem of the city is a dragon.
The fountain was founded in 1583 by order of the city of Carinthia stands commissioned by. The work was long and Andreas Ulrich Vogelsang attributed, but is probably by an anonymous master. The dragon was carved from a single block. The monumental sculpture shows the animal with open mouth from which the water flows, and invested wings. The tank acts like punching, the tail is swinging artfully.
Originally, the dragon stood with his head to the north and had no well, although this was foreseen at the beginning of. The fountain was added in 1624, then likely also to set up in east-west direction have been made.1636 was the statue of Hercules of Gurk court sculptor Michael Hönel added. The swinging leg of Hercules reduced while the heraldic effect of the well remembered, but to the foundation legend of Klagenfurt, after which the dragon of today's Klagenfurtof brave men killed was in the area, making the area was safe and habitable.
Its a pretty cool thing to see live- and no visit to Klagenfurt is complete without a stop to visit the Lendwurm :)
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