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Bernhardus Fountain

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Bernhardus Fountain

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    June 11, 2020

    Margrave August Georg, the last regent of the Catholic lineage of the House of Baden, in 1769 obtained the beatification of Margrave Bernhard II of Baden, who died of the plague in 1458 in Italy. In honor of him and as a sign of the Catholic tradition of the House of Baden, August Georg and his wife Maria Viktoria donated this fountain. The statue of the margrave was made by the Karlsruhe sculptor Ignaz Lengelacher from Maulbronn sandstone. The fountain has a relief on the front of August Georg, his wife, Maria Viktoria, is named on the back.

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      Margrave August Georg, the last regent of the Catholic line of the House of Baden, secured the beatification of Margrave Bernhard II of Baden, who died of the plague in Italy in 1458, in 1769. In his honor and as a symbol of the Catholic tradition of the House of Baden, August Georg and his wife Maria Viktoria donated this fountain.

      The Karlsruhe sculptor Ignaz Lengelacher made the statue of the margrave from Maulbronn sandstone. The fountain has a relief of August Georg on the front. His wife, Maria Viktoria, is named on the back.

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        May 26, 2022

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