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Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Bitburg

Gäßestrepper Fountain

Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Bitburg

Gäßestrepper Fountain

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Gäßestrepper Fountain

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Location: Bitburg, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Günter L.S.

September 3, 2025

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The Gässestrepper fountain is considered a symbol for craftsmen and traders

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Lemming

January 26, 2021

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The Gäßestrepper fountain illustrates a city legend that is said to have happened in Bitburg. During the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), Swedish mercenaries besieged the city to starve it. The …

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octoberseventeen

February 7, 2021

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It was the Thirty Years' War and a Swedish armed force marched through the Eifel and plundered. When they got to Bitburg (Beberig), the Bitburgers closed their gates and hid …

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