Runner fountain

Fountain figure

The Läuferbrunnen is one of Bern's old town fountains from the 16th century and is now located on the Läuferplatz in the city of Bern , Switzerland .

history

It was created by Hans Gieng and his journeymen around 1545 , originally stood in front of the last house on Nydeggstalden and was moved to its current location in 1827, where there had previously been a wash house. Until the 17th century it was called Staldenbrunnen or Brunnen bei Unterstor (because of its proximity to the city gate at the Untertorbrücke ).

The fountain figure represents a herald or fast messenger who is on foot and is therefore called a runner. He wears the coat of arms of the city of Bern on his chest, a runner's spike on his shoulder and a runner's rifle on his back. With his left hand he grasps the hilt of a short sword and is preceded by a bear cub, which is also equipped as a messenger.

The fountain figure is a copy from 1953. The original is in the Historical Museum of the City of Bern.

Drinking water

The drinking water network of Energie Wasser Bern ewb supplies the well with drinking water , the quality of which is regularly checked.

literature

Paul Hofer : The art monuments of the canton of Bern. The city of Bern - cityscape · fortifications · city gates · installations · monuments · bridges · city fountains · hospitals · orphanages . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz . Volume 28 ). tape 1 . Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1952, The city fountains II. Figure fountains of the 16th century 14. Runner fountain, p. 322–326 (467 pp., Biblio.unibe.ch [PDF; 68.9 MB ; accessed on January 30, 2018]).
Berchtold Weber: Historical-topographical lexicon of the city of Bern. Läuferbrunnen (Places \ Sch \ Schweiz (CH) \ Bern (Canton) \ Bern (BE) \ L) . Ed .: Burgerbibliothek Bern (= publications of the Berner Burgerbibliothek ). Bern 2016 ( archives-quickaccess.ch [accessed on February 4, 2018]).

Web links

Commons : Läuferbrunnen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Documents on the Läuferbrunnen in the online archive catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
Information on the running fountain ( memento of October 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at g26.ch
The art monuments of the canton of Bern on DigiBern - Bernese culture and history on the Internet

Individual evidence

↑ Drinking water quality. The quality of drinking water in the city of Bern is checked regularly. In: bern.ch. Information service of the City of Bern, November 17, 2015, accessed on February 6, 2018 .

46.94955 7.45769Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '58.4 " N , 7 ° 27' 27.7" E ; CH1903: 601451 / one hundred and ninety-nine thousand eight hundred and thirty

[1] Drinking water quality. The quality of drinking water in the city of Bern is checked regularly. In: bern.ch. Information service of the City of Bern, November 17, 2015, accessed on February 6, 2018 .