Market fountain

Market fountains are public running fountains that were erected on the market square of a place for drinking water supply or as jewelry. So they differ u. a. of private deep wells .

With the advent of widely ramified distribution networks, public fountains lost their function as water supply systems and have since served as ornamental fountains , for refreshment on hot days and for children's games.

Well-known market fountains are in:

• Aachen:
  • Karlsbrunnen (Aachen)
  • Burtscheid thermal fountain
• Aalen: Aalen market fountain
• Market fountain (Altensteig)
• Braunschweig: old town market fountain
• Bremen:
  • Market fountain unfolding
  • Roland fountain
• Darmstadt:
  • Market fountain
• Goslar: market fountain (Goslar)
• Halle (Saale): Eselsbrunnen (Halle)
• Hanover:
  • Market fountain Hanover
  • Neustädter-Markt-Brunnen
  • Piepenborn
• Heilbronn: Hafenmarktbrunnen
• Hildesheim: Rolandbrunnen (Hildesheim)
• Lübeck: Market Fountain (Lübeck)
• Lutherstadt Wittenberg: Market Fountain (Lutherstadt Wittenberg)
• Mainz: Market Fountain (Mainz)
• Marktbrunnen (Mayen) , Rhineland-Palatinate
• Munich: Rindermarktbrunnen
• Osnabrück: Market Fountain (Osnabrück)
• Saarbrücken: St. Johanner Market Fountain
• Volkach: market fountain (Volkach)
• Wadern: Market fountain (Wadern)
• Wiesbaden: Market fountain Wiesbaden

See also

• Holzmarktbrunnen
• Marrow fountain

Web links

Wiktionary: Marktbrunnen  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations