The Fountain of the Bear (German: ''Bärenbrunnen'') is a reconstruction of a pre-war fountain, located by the southern wall of the

Old Town Hall Old or OLD may refer to: Places * Old, Baranya, Hungary * Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, ...

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

, Poland. The original bronze fountain was made by

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in 1902. On August 17, 1904, it was placed by the City Hall in a small stone pool, into which water from the bear's mouth was flowing. During the World War II the statue was lost. The reconstruction of the statue was initiated by Maciej Łagiewski and the Wrocław Shooting Fraternity. The sculpture, which weights 270 kg and is 1.5 m high, was reconstructed by Ryszard Zamorski to resemble the original, and the fountain by the Town Hall was unveiled on 18 June 1998. The bronze cast was made by the

Gliwice Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional cap ...

Plant of Technical Devices with funds from Wrocław Centrozlot and Wrocław Piast Brewery.

Sources

* ''Encyklopedia Wrocławia.'' Ausgabe 3, Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Wrocław 2006 * ''Die öffentlichen Denkmäler und Brunnen Breslaus.'' Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn Verlag, Breslau 1938

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