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Vreneli Fountain at Claraplatz

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Vreneli Fountain at Claraplatz

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  • Location: Basel-Stadt, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

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    May 17, 2024

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    Vreneli Fountain
    The "Vreneli Fountain" on Claraplatz, created by Wilhelm Gerstel (1879-1963) in 1954. It was a gift from the Baden neighbors, who used it to express their gratitude for aid deliveries from the Basel population after the Second World War. The bronze figure above a polygonal trough made of limestone shows a girl in Black Forest costume, as described by Hebel in the poem "Hans and Verene".


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    October 20, 2019

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    A thank-you fountain of the Baden children after the Allied war of annihilation for the help of the city of Basel. (Has anyone ever found a Somali, an Afghan or a Syrian well anywhere in Europe?)
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