Andreasbrunnen (Freising)
The Andreasbrunnen is a fountain on the western Domberg in Freising (Upper Bavaria). It was built in 1697 under Prince-Bishop Johann Franz Eckher von Kapfing and Liechteneck in front of St. Andrew's Church in the Baroque style. The apostle sculpture comes from the workshop of the Munich sculptor Franz Ableithner .
The facility consists of an octagonal fountain basin made of Untersberg marble . In the middle of the basin rises a two meter high column of Ionic order made of marble from Ruhpolding . It is crowned by a finely carved stone figure of the apostle Andrew on the cross. The fountain is fed from the relief of five lion heads at the foot of the column.
The archbishop's seminary was built behind the fountain in 1868 , and it houses the diocesan museum.
literature
- Sigmund Benker: Freising: Cathedral and Domberg. Köster, 1975 ISBN 978-3-7845448-09 , p. 16 f.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 56.9 " N , 11 ° 44 ′ 37.7" E