Berthold-Schwarz-Brunnen
On Freiburg’s busy Rathausplatz, the Berthold-Schwarz-Brunnen rises as a historic fountain shaped by art and local legend. Yellow sandstone gives its octagonal structure a warm, solid presence beside the square. Josef Alois Knittel created the fountain, which has stood there since 1855.
The monument honours Berthold Schwarz, a fourteenth-century Franciscan monk and alchemist associated by legend with gunpowder’s discovery. A statue shows him in monk’s robes, gazing thoughtfully into the distance. Engravings and images around the stone recount his life and work, turning the fountain into a compact historical scene.
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