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Lapwing Fountain, Jever

Lapwing Fountain, Jever

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Lapwing Fountain, Jever

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Location: Jever, Landkreis Friesland, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Franzl wandert 🥾

April 12, 2023

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The Kiebitz fountain has a special historical background. The story of Bismarck and the bird eggs is interesting. 😉

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Stephan

November 6, 2022

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The Lapwing Fountain commemorates the Bismarck loyalists who paid homage to Chancellor Otto von Bismarck from the founding of the German Empire in 1871. Every year, these loyalists presented the Chancellor with 101 lapwing eggs, a regional delicacy. In 1883, Bismarck reciprocated with a lapwing-shaped cup.

More info: friesenblog.com/2015/01/05/bismarck-und-jever-eine-besondere-geschichte

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Cooli 🆒77🦀

May 29, 2025

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The fountain is located near the House of the Faithful and was erected in 1985. A plaque on the fountain tells the story of the "Faithful of Jever" and also commemorates the lapwing. The Faithful of Jever were, and still are, a group of dignitaries and admirers of Bismarck who used to meet regularly at the Rudolphis Inn. To express their special veneration for Bismarck, they sent him a box of 101 lapwing eggs every year on his birthday, April 1st.

(Source: world-qr.com/inhalte/new/qr-fuehrer/de/niedersachsen/friesland/ortsfuehrer/stadtfuehrer_jever/jever_kiebitzbr?lat=0&lng=0)

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