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Albrecht Fountain (Albrechtsbrunnen)

Short facts

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The Albrecht fountain is one of the oldest fountains in Coburg's city centre.

As one of the first documented Coburg fountains, it was erected in 1259 in the then Barfüßerkloster monastery and remained there unchanged even when the monastery was converted into a castle between 1542 and 1549. The octagonal box fountain has a stone fountain stand in the middle with four lion masks in whose mouths are the pipes for the fountain water. On the well column is a lion with a coat of arms. The coat of arms of Saxony and Waldeck are depicted on it to commemorate the marriage of Duke Johann Ernst to Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen. The fountain is named after Duke Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg.

On the map

Albrecht Fountain (Albrechtsbrunnen)
Schlossplatz
96450 Coburg
Germany

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