Berthold Schwarz Fountain - Freiburg, BW, Germany
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N 47° 59.761 E 007° 50.970
32T E 414171 N 5316497
A fountain with a statue of the inventor of the gunpowder in front of the city hall of Freiburg.
Waymark Code: WMMT97
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 11/02/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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This fountain is located on the square in front of the city hall of Freiburg. It has an octagonal basin from red sandstone and a large rectangular column in the center with a statue of Berthold Schwarz on top.

It was erected in 1855 on occasion on the 500th anniversary of the invention of the gunpowder and the cannon by Berthold Schwarz, who was a Gray Friar in Freiburg. But his historic existence is doubted.

The statue is the best-known piece of the artist Josef Alois Knittel (1814-1875).
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