The Läuferbrunnen is a fountain on Läuferplatz in the Old City of Bern, Switzerland. It is a Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance

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 and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site

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 of the Old City of Bern.

History

It is located near the Nydegg Church

Nydeggkirche

The reformed Nydeggkirche is located on the eastern edge of the Old City of Bern, in the Nydegg section.-The castle Nydegg:...

 on Nydegg

Nydegg

The Nydegg is a historic section in the Old City of Bern in Bern, Switzerland.The first expansion of Bern occurred as the city was founded in 1191. At the east end of the central and oldest neighbourhood, the Zähringerstadt , was the Nydegg castle near the banks of the Aare river. The houses that...

stalden. The trough was built in 1824, but the figure dates from 1545. The Runner has moved several times since its creation, and until about 1663 was known as the Brunnen beim unteren Tor (Fountain by the lower gate). Originally the Läuferbrunnen had an octagonal trough and a tall, round column. The trough was replaced with a rectangular trough before 1757 which was replaced in 1824. The round column was replaced with the current square limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

pillar in the 18th or 19th century.

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