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Hercules Fountain (Herkulesbrunnen), Maximilianstraße, Bayreuth

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Hercules Fountain (Herkulesbrunnen), Maximilianstraße, Bayreuth

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Hercules Fountain (Herkulesbrunnen), Maximilianstraße, Bayreuth

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    May 4, 2024

    The sandstone Hercules Fountain in Maximilianstrasse at the height of Kirchgasse is the oldest of the three market square fountains. On March 6, 1671, Margrave Christian Ernst ordered the old wooden pull-and-tube fountain to be torn down and replaced with a stone fountain. It was built in 1676 by Georg Wieshack from Ulm - based on a design by the then Bayreuth court and palace architect Elias Gedeler (1620-1693). The lion masks on the base pillar date from 1676.

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      June 20, 2022

      Hercules Fountain, Maxstrasse. Elias Gedeler (1620-1693) designed the Hercules Fountain for the Bayreuth market square in 1676, executed by Georg Wieshack. 1755 new figure by Johann Gabriel Räntz. The original Hercules fountain sculpture was exhibited in the Park am Festspiel Hügel from 1926 to 2005, after 2005 in the Bayreuth Historical Museum. Copy of the Hercules fountain sculpture on the market square created in 1926 by sculptors Martin Mösch and Christian Weißbrod.

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        November 9, 2023

        The wide edge of the pool is often used as a seat. Good meeting point at the market square.

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