Geissbrunnen - Brig, VS, Switzerland
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
N 46° 19.005 E 007° 59.320
32T E 422138 N 5129738
A fountain in the town center of Brig, commemorating a weird law from 1660.
Waymark Code: WMT91C
Location: Valais, Switzerland
Date Posted: 10/17/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 4

EN: This fountain is located on a small square not far from the Bahnhofstrasse. The bronze statue of a goat stands on a stone pedestal with an oval basin in front. Beneath the goat, "Caprae Brigam non accedant (goats have not to enter Brig) K. Stockalper 1660" is carved into the stone. Kaspar von Stockalper, the entrepreneur and politician, then undisputed ruler of the Oberwallis, issued this strange law in 1660, because he evidently thought it to be under his dignity to stay near these animals. Unfortunately, I have not found any further details on this story, but for someone it was important enough to immortalize it in a fountain statue.

DE: Dieser Brunnen steht auf einem kleinen Platz unweit der Bahnhofstrasse. Die Bronzestatue einer Ziege steht auf einem steinernen Podest mit einem ovalen Trog davor. Unter der Ziege ist "Caprae Brigam non accedant (Ziegen haben Brig nicht zu betreten) K. Stockalper 1660" in den Stein gemeisselt. Kaspar von Stockalper, der Unternehmer und Politiker, damals unangefochtener Herrscher über das Oberwallis, erliess dieses merkwürdige Gesetz 1660, weil er es offenbar für unter seiner Würde hielt sich in der Nähe dieser Tiere aufhalten zu müssen. Leider habe ich keine weiteren Details zu dieser Geschichte gefunden, aber jemandem war es wichtig genug, um sie in einer Brunnenfigur zu verewigen.
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