Karlsruhe District

Landkreis Ludwigsburg

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Fräuleinsbrunnen (Melusine Fountain) Bietigheim-Bissingen

Karlsruhe District

Landkreis Ludwigsburg

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Fräuleinsbrunnen (Melusine Fountain) Bietigheim-Bissingen

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Fräuleinsbrunnen (Melusine Fountain) Bietigheim-Bissingen

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Location: Bietigheim-Bissingen, Landkreis Ludwigsburg, Kraichgau-Stromberg, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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November 19, 2023

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The Fräuleinsbrunnen was built in 1557 in place of an older fountain. The fountain is named after the fountain figure Melusine, the mermaid-like “Fräulein”. The original figure is in the “Hornmoldhaus” city museum.

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December 28, 2023

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in Bietigheim from 1557 in the Orient.
A column rises from its trough, which was renovated in the last century, on a base with 4 gargoyles. The eponymous “Miss” Melusine, a popular motif of the Renaissance, sits enthroned there.
Whether she stands as a symbol of life-giving water or is more closely linked to the literary model of an old French legend, according to which the mermaid was the herald of every impending disaster, remains to be seen.

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Kristian

April 9, 2026

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The historic pipe fountain is supplied via pipeline from two springs in the "Staigbrunnen" area from across the Enz. Built in 1557 in place of an older fountain, at a square-like street intersection.

In the octagonal basin, completely renewed in the 20th century, stands a baluster column with the Württemberg coat of arms and the city's tower coat of arms, as well as four water spouts. Atop the column sits the "maiden" that gives the fountain its name, a Melusine.

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