Schützenbrunnen (Bern)

The Schützenbrunnen on Marktgasse in Bern (2014)

The Schützenbrunnen, photographed by Max van Berchem (created between 1898 and 1907)

The Schützenbrunnen sale in the market street in the old town of the city of Bern and is part of the 1542-1546 created main group of fountains in Bern .

history

An originally wooden fountain was replaced by a stone one in 1527. The fountain figure, dated 1543, is attributed to Hans Gieng . It represents an armed rifleman . In his right hand he carries the banner of the Society to Schützen , which was repealed in 1799 and which the Reismusketen-Schützengesellschaft has been leading ever since. He is holding a sword in his left hand. Between his legs a bear cub aims a rifle at the arbors. At the original location of the fountain, the little bear aimed at the entrance of the former home of the shooting society.

In 1558 the sword had to be repaired, in 1670 the column and the base of the fountain were replaced under the direction of the minster master craftsman Abraham Dünz . In 1783/84 the fountain basin and the pedestal were replaced. In the years 1890 and 1939 the Schützenbrunnen was relocated twice, the latter time the fountain was rotated 180 degrees, and parts of the pedestal and the figure were replaced. When the fountain was moved in April 2013, the fountain figure was badly damaged and had to be professionally repaired at great expense.

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 5. Schützenbrunnen, p. 268–275 (467 pp., Biblio.unibe.ch [PDF; 68.9 MB ; accessed on January 30, 2018]).
Berchtold Weber: Historical-topographical lexicon of the city of Bern. Schützenbrunnen (Places \ Sch \ Schweiz (CH) \ Bern (Canton) \ Bern (BE) \ Sch) . Ed .: Burgerbibliothek Bern (= publications of the Berner Burgerbibliothek ). Bern 2016 ( archives-quickaccess.ch [accessed on February 4, 2018]).
The City of Bern's Rice Keten Shooting Society. Founded in 1686. Bern 2009.

Web links

Commons : Schützenbrunnen (Bern) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Documents on the Schützenbrunnen in the online archive catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
Information on the Schützenbrunnen ( memento of October 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at g26.ch

Individual evidence

^ Sonja Mühlemann: Marktgass renovation - historical Bernese fountain figure lost feet. In: 20min.ch . tamedia , July 25, 2013, accessed July 26, 2013 .
^ Adrian Müller: Broken Sagittarius returns as the original. In: bund.ch . tamedia, July 24, 2014, accessed July 24, 2014 .
↑ 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 .

46.94791 7.44642Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '52.5 " N , 7 ° 26' 47.1" E ; CH1903: 600593 / 199647

[1] Sonja Mühlemann: Marktgass renovation - historical Bernese fountain figure lost feet. In: 20min.ch . tamedia , July 25, 2013, accessed July 26, 2013 .

[2] Adrian Müller: Broken Sagittarius returns as the original. In: bund.ch . tamedia, July 24, 2014, accessed July 24, 2014 .

[3] 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 .