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Gießen District

Bonifatius Spring

Gießen District

Bonifatius Spring

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Bonifatius Spring

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Location: Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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Nico

May 24, 2024

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Baptisms today would be a dusty affair… there was no water

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Gudi

August 27, 2021

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Great way to get there. First you see the baptismal font and then the Bonifatiusborn. Boniface is said to have baptized there many years ago.

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Thomas 🖤💚

May 22, 2022

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On the summit region of the baptismal font, a few meters south-east of the Bismarck Tower, is the Bonifatiusborn (also known as the Bonifatiusbrunnen). According to legend, Bonifatius, the "Apostle of the Germans", preached here. The fountain has no source, only a stone border.

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Location: Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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