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Pfenniggeiger Fountain, Freyung

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Pfenniggeiger Fountain, Freyung

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  • Location: Freyung, Freyung-Grafenau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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    October 5, 2025

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    The fountain creates a space in which one can participate. The two life-size figures invite you to join them and listen to the musicians playing. So-called "Pfenniggeiger" (penny fiddlers) used to wander through Freyung as traveling musicians. They are described, for example, in Maximilian Schmidt's novel "Am Goldenen Steig" (On the Golden Path).

    Artist: Neubauer, Alfons

    Date of birth: * 1956

    Type: Fountain

    Material: Granite (fountain) and bronze (figures)

    Date of birth: 1989

    Address: Am Markt 2, 94078 Freyung

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    Freyung town square – Pfenniggeiger Fountain, Freyung loop from Freyung

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    Elevation 690 m

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    Location: Freyung, Freyung-Grafenau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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