Bamberka Fountain

Bamberka well
Poland, Poznan
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Bamberka Fountain

Bamberka well
Poland, Poznan
The Bamberka drinking fountain is one of the sights of Poznań. It was installed in 1909 and served as a source of water for both people and animals (mainly horses). The fountain is located in the historical center of the city - on the Old Market Square. A few years later, it was decided to supplement it with a sculpture of a Bamberka girl. Bamberks, or Bambergs, were Germans from the Bavarian region of Bamberg, whom the Poznan authorities invited to develop the local lands. In 1915, the renovated fountain was solemnly opened. As for the sculpture itself, the girl depicts traditional Bamberg clothes, and the jugs on the rocker are not simple, they were used in winemaking. This is a reference to the sponsor of the fountain - a native of the Bamberg community, the famous merchant and winemaker Leopold Goldenring.

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Traveled 6 years ago
Rating 7
On the old market square (along the western wall of the Town Hall), there is another very interesting fountain-monument called Studzenka Bamberki (Bamberka Well), closely connected with the history of the 18th century. It was then that poor Catholic farmers from the Bamberg region (in Bavaria, Germany) were invited (or they themselves asked, no one remembers) to come and settle in the villages left after the Great Northern War of 1700-1721 and the plague. Those who came were nicknamed the "bumbers" and quickly assimilated into the local community.
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