Schöner Brunnen

Schöner Brunnen (en:beautiful fountain) is a 14th-century fountain located on Nuremberg's main market next to the town hall and is considered one of the main attractions of the city's Historical Mile. The fountain is approximately 19 metres high and has the shape of a Gothic spire.

History

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The fountain was built by Heinrich Beheim from 1385 to 1396.[1]

Spinning the good luck bringing wish ring
  1. ^ Wilder, Johann Christoph Jakob (1824). Der schöne Brunnen zu Nürnberg (in German) (2nd ed.). Riegel und Wießner.

49°27′15.23″N 11°04′37.40″E / 49.4542306°N 11.0770556°E / 49.4542306; 11.0770556