| Lederstrumpfbrunnen | |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Artist: | Gernot Rumpf |
| Year: | 1987-90 |
| Subject: | Johann Adam Hartmann |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Edenkoben |
| Coordinates: | 49.2826°N 8.1276°W |
The Lederstrumpfbrunnen (literally: leatherstocking fountain) is a fountain in the German city of Edenkoben. It commemorates the frontiersman Johann Adam Hartmann (1748-1836), who was born in this city and considered by some as a possible inspiration for the character Natty Bumppo of the Leatherstocking Tales novels by the American writer James Fenimore Cooper.[1] [2]
The three main sculptures around the fountain are Hartman/Bumppo depicted as a hunter with a rifle and accompanied by a dog, the Indian chief Chingachgook (another famous character from the novels) and the artist Max Slevogt (1868-1932), who created some of the best known illustrations for the German editions of the novels.[3] [4]
The fountain was designed between 1987 and 1990 by the German sculptor Gernot Rumpf.[1]