Schweppermannsbrunnen

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Schweppermannsbrunnen in June 2011; The Lebküchnerhaus is in the background, the archive tower of the Old Town Hall is cut off on the right, and the Marktplatz 3 building is cut off on the left

The Schweppermannsbrunnen is a well system in Weißenburg in Bavaria , a large district town in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . It is located on the market square within the listed old town not far from the old town hall of Weißenburg. The market fountain is registered under the monument number D-5-77-177-272 as an architectural monument in the Bavarian monument list.

The fountain was built in 1548 or 1549 and was renewed in 1685/1686 by Hans Georg Schwickard from Oettingen . The fountain is made of sandstone and has an octagonal shape. The central pillar of the fountain contains four water pipes that spring from the mouths of flat grimacing masks . The projecting cornice carries an approximately 4 meter high column and a figure of a knight, which were renewed in 1966. The original knight figure with lance and shield are in the Reichsstadtmuseum Weißenburg and are interpreted as a kind of Roland statue .

Before the fountain was known as Schweppermannsbrunnen in the 19th century, it was initially called Schöne Brunnen . The current name comes from an old legend, which is about a White burger in the battle of mühldorf the Seyfried Schweppermann helped Frederick the Handsome to defeat.

literature

  • Gotthard Kießling: City of Weißenburg i. Bay. (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume V.70 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-87490-582-9 .

Web links

Commons : Schweppermannsbrunnen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b suction. Schweppermannsbrunnen in the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  2. Marketplace with Schweppermannsbrunnen
  3. www.belocal.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 51 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 19.5 ″  E