Monument
Gänsemännchenbrunnen
Renaissance bronze fountain of a farmer carrying two geese whose beaks spout water into the basin.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Gänsemännchenbrunnen in Nuremberg follows a bronze farmer with two geese, made around 1550, and the two Renaissance craftsmen behind him: a woodcarver and a brass founder who was never trained as a sculptor. It travels from the old Goose Market to Weimar and a Bavarian royal castle, and to the poet Goethe, who wanted the figure for himself. Stand at the railing where you can see the geese's beaks.
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