Rathaushofbrunnen
The Rathaushofbrunnen , also known as firm wells and Hermes Fountain , stands in the courtyard of Berne Town Hall on Town Hall Square 2 in the Old Town of Bern .
history
The delicate fountain in the courtyard was created in 1942 by Max Fueter . The fountain is carved from red porphyry , the figure (a little messenger of the gods, Hermes ) was poured by Karl Herzig in Ligerz , the fire gilding of the same was provided by Fritz Beutel in Bern.
literature
- Paul Hofer : The art monuments of the canton of Bern. The state buildings of the city of Bern . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz . Volume 19 ). tape 3 . Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1982, ISBN 3-7643-1391-9 , The town hall group equipment, p. 146 (513 pp., Biblio.unibe.ch [PDF; 66.6 MB ; retrieved on February 2, 2018] First edition: 1947): "In the Höflein the new town hall fountain made of red prophyr (note: typo in the original), crowned by the bronze figure of a whip-wielding Hermes ;"
- Berchtold Weber: Historical-topographical lexicon of the city of Bern. Chancellery fountain (Places \ Sch \ Schweiz (CH) \ Bern (Canton) \ Bern (BE) \ K) . Ed .: Burgerbibliothek Bern (= publications of the Berner Burgerbibliothek ). Bern 2016 ( archives-quickaccess.ch [accessed on February 4, 2018]).
- Paul Schenk: Berner Brunnen-Chronik . Benteli, Bern 1981, ISBN 3-7165-0363-0 (173 pages, first edition: Herbert Lang & Cie, Bern 1945).
Web links
Commons : Rathaushofbrunnen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- The art monuments of the canton of Bern on DigiBern - Bernese culture and history on the Internet
Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '55.5 " N , 7 ° 27' 9.2" E ; CH1903: 601,060 / one hundred ninety-nine thousand seven hundred forty