Brick well (fountain)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brick well
Brick fountain at night
Brick fountain at night
place Lichtenstein (Württemberg)
country Germany Germany
use earlier to the animal drinker
Technical specifications
Building material Concrete, oversintered
Coordinates
location Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 45 "  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 29"  E 48 ° 26 ′ 45 "  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 29"  E
Sign of the Swabian Alb Association at the fountain

The brick fountain is a natural monument and geotope worthy of protection in the municipality of Lichtenstein in Württemberg, Unterhausen district. The fountain is 610 meters above sea level. NN in the Zellertal on the path from Unterhausen to the Göllesberg. It is fed from two small sources at the bed boundary of the mass limestone formation to the Lacunosamergel formation below . In the drain area of the sources, there are tufa formations, on a panel of the Swabian Alp Association indicates.

An older photo shows a still slightly sintered fountain trough that may have stood in front of the “Zum Rössle” inn in Unterhausen.

Web links

  • The brick fountain in: Geotopes in the administrative district of Tübingen. State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg. PDF file, p. 172

Individual evidence

  1. Layer boundary after the Geotope layer on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )
  2. Ziegelbrunnen on gv-lichtenstein.blogspot.de