Ryffli Fountain

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The Ryffli Fountain in Aarbergasse in Bern

The Ryfflibrunnen ( [ˈrifːli] ) is located in Aarbergergasse in Bern and is one of the Bernese fountains in the old town from the 16th century.

history

The fountain was built in the middle of the alley in 1545 in place of a 14th century facility and was called Golatenmattgassbrunnen until the 19th century . The current name goes back to a more recent theory, according to which the statue represents the legendary rifleman Ryffli , who, according to the chronicle of Konrad Justinger, killed the knight Jordan III with a targeted shot after the battle of Laupen . von Burgistein is said to have killed. He is said to have carelessly appeared at a window during the siege of his castle by the Bernese. According to other opinions, the model for the fountain figure was Captain Anton Güder.

The fountain figure of a captain of the crossbowmen was created by the journeymen of Hans Gieng . The warrior is accompanied by a little bear armed with a flintlock rifle.

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 3. Ryfflibrunnen, p. 259–262 (467 pp., Biblio.unibe.ch [PDF; 68.9 MB ; accessed on January 30, 2018]).
  • Berchtold Weber: Historical-topographical lexicon of the city of Bern. Ryfflibrunnen (Places \ Sch \ Schweiz (CH) \ Bern (Canton) \ Bern (BE) \ R) . Ed .: Burgerbibliothek Bern (=  publications of the Berner Burgerbibliothek ). Bern 2016 ( archives-quickaccess.ch [accessed on February 4, 2018]).

See also

Web links

Commons : Ryffli Fountain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  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 .

Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '58.63 "  N , 7 ° 26' 33.11"  E ; CH1903:  600 297  /  199,837