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Marktplatz mit Marktbrunnen

Beschreibung

The Market Square has always been in the center of urban life and for a long time the source of wealth and prosperity of Bretten. For the town, situated at the intersection of important highways, commerce has played a vital role for many centuries. Today’s shape of the Market Square has been nearly unchanged since the High Middle Ages. It still resembles the triangular layout, which was very typical for that era. The Market Fountain is one of the oldest and still preserved fountains of Bretten. Its origins date back to the time before 1400. Above the octagonal basin with the four waterspouts a statue of sandstone sits on a pillar dated 1555 ,representing the elector Frederick II of the Palatinate region – governor from 1544 to 1556.