The fountain is dedicated to the wedding of St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its history dates back to 1702, from the promise of Emperor Leopold I to erect a monument in gratitude for the return of his son Joseph from captivity. The emperor died, Joseph was redeemed from captivity in 1705, and in 1706 a wooden monument (not a fountain) designed by the court architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach stood in the square. In 1725, it was dismantled and work began on the creation of a stone monument-fountain under the direction of architect Elias Hugel.→
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