Venner fountain

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Venner fountain

The Venner Fountain is located on the town hall square in Bern and is one of Bern's old town fountains from the 16th century.

history

The fountain figure represents a Venner , an armored Bernese standard bearer. It was created in 1542 by Hans Gieng as a stone fountain, who replaced a wooden system from the 14th century on Schwendplatz above Nydeggstalden .

The fountain was moved in 1844 when the Nydegg Bridge was being built . From 1880 to 1913 the figure and the capital with the four masks stood on the Amthausgassbrunnen in Amthausgasse , until they were moved to their current location in 1913.

The figure is a copy, the original is in the Bernisches Historisches Museum .

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, Die Stadtbrunnen II. Figure fountains of the 16th century 11. Vennerbrunnen, p. 305-312 (467 pp., Biblio.unibe.ch [PDF; 68.9 MB ; accessed on January 30, 2018]).
  • Berchtold Weber: Historical-topographical lexicon of the city of Bern. Vennerbrunnen (Places \ Sch \ Schweiz (CH) \ Bern (Canton) \ Bern (BE) \ V) . Ed .: Burgerbibliothek Bern (=  publications of the Berner Burgerbibliothek ). Bern 2016 ( archives-quickaccess.ch [accessed on February 4, 2018]).
  • Berchtold Weber: Historical-topographical lexicon of the city of Bern. Amthausgassbrunnen (Places \ Sch \ Schweiz (CH) \ Bern (Canton) \ Bern (BE) \ A) . Ed .: Burgerbibliothek Bern (=  publications of the Berner Burgerbibliothek ). Bern 2016 ( archives-quickaccess.ch [accessed on February 22, 2018]).

See also

Web links

Commons : Vennerbrunnen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual proof

  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 '54.4 "  N , 7 ° 27' 8.8"  E ; CH1903:  601052  /  199706 46.94844 7.45245