Child Eater Fountain (Bern) | sculpture

Switzerland / Bern / Bern
 fountain, sculpture
The Kindlifresserbrunnen (German for Child Eater Fountain) is a fountain at the Kornhausplatz (Granary Place) in Bern, Switzerland. It is one of the Old City of Bern's fountains from the 16th century.
It was created in 1545/46 by Hans Gieng in place of a wooden fountain from the 15th century. The new fountain's original name was Platzbrunnen (Place Fountain); the current name was used first in 1666. Kindli is a Swiss German diminutive for the German word Kind, meaning child. A literal translation of the name Kindlifresserbrunnen therefore would be "Fountain of the Eater of Little Children".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindlifresserbrunnen
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Coordinates:   46°56'54"N   7°26'51"E
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