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Bear Fountain, Bernkastel-Kues

Bear Fountain, Bernkastel-Kues

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Bear Fountain, Bernkastel-Kues

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Location: Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Ferienlandweg Maria-Zill Panorama trail

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2. Bernkastel-Kues Market Square – Kloster Machern loop from Bernkastel-Kues

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3. Bernkastel Market Square – Bernkastel-Kues Market Square loop from Andel

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October 10, 2020

On a city tour you will inevitably stop by here. The story of this can be found on a bronze plaque that is attached to the wall to the right of the fountain. Overall, a successful ensemble.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

March 7, 2022

"The Bärenbrunnen in the old town of Bernkastel, it used to be called Rauschepütz and supplied the residents with drinking and industrial water. The Rauschepütz with bear on Graacherstrasse was demolished in 1899. A new Bärenpütz has stood here since 1968, an impressive work by Hanns Scherl from Wittlich: two life-sized bears - the heraldic animals of the city of Bernkastel - on a mighty fountain basin made of gray basalt.

The water supply to the houses used to come from the Pütz. The word is derived from the Latin puteus (drawn well). The Pütz not only provided water for drinking, but also for cleaning and washing. Many houses had their own ponds, but there were also public fountains, called "bores". In the Bernkastel district these were located, among other things. on the historic market square, at the Capuchin Cross, at the Graachertor and on the Pütz of the Rausche- or Bärepütz. According to legend, the place name Bernkastel comes from the term Bärenkessel, which also explains the bear in the Bernkastel city coat of arms.

New and old bear fountain:
The old fountain stood until it was demolished in 1899. The current fountain was built in the same place in 1968, but in a very impressive shape. The sculptor Johannes Scherl from Wittlich immortalized the city's heraldic animal twice in bronze and is thus reminiscent of the historic Bärenpütz. The pump was adorned with a bear figure, which today adorns a balcony railing on Graacher Strasse."
bernkastel.de/poi/der-baerenbrunnen

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July 13, 2018

The fountain is located in the old town of Bernkastel am Bärenpütz in Graacher Straße. The inauguration took place on 6 July 1968. The folk artwork by the Wittlich sculptor Hanns Scherl is carved out of basalt lava and shows two life-size bears cast in bronze. They symbolize the heraldic animal of the city of Bernkastel-Kues.

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Bear Fountain, Bernkastel-Kues

1. Ferienlandweg Maria-Zill Panorama trail

2. Bernkastel-Kues Market Square – Kloster Machern loop from Bernkastel-Kues

3. Bernkastel Market Square – Bernkastel-Kues Market Square loop from Andel

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