Wittelsbach Fountain

5 Praneeth Peiris - 2 years ago

Very calm place right next to a park. I've seen people sitting next to it and study and read. Even though I don't know much about the story/history behind it, these statues and the fountain is very attractive. It's worth to pay a visit and spend some time there if you visit Munich.

5 Hans Lang - 2 weeks ago

The Garden behind the fountain, planned by famous architect Effner is the very best place to be. Romantic protected and very hidden. One of Munichs Highlights.

5 macedonboy - 3 years ago

Located at the western end of Maximiliansplatz is this landmark fountain of the city. This beautiful, monumental fountain was built to commemorate the construction of Munich's water supply system and named for the House of Wittelsbach, who ruled over Bavaria for more than seven centuries.

The centrepiece of the fountain is two central bowls, arrange with the smaller over the larger where the water cascades from a central bowl into a large bowl below. The central fountain is flanked by two marble statues, of a man and a woman, both riding seahorses. Allegorical figures representing the benefits and destructive natures of water.

5 BradJill - 4 years ago

The Wittelsbacher Brunnen is a monumental, two level fountain situated at the southeast end of Maximillianplatz where the square meets Lenbachplatz. This is a large scale fountain that is impressive to see while sightseeing in Munich.

Originally built between 1893-1895 by German sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand. Here you will see a centre chalice shaped fountain which water gushing from its top and spilling into a basin. From this top level basin, water then spills into a much larger ground level basin below, through fish sculptures embedded into the fountain wall. The wall is adorned with interesting engravings. You will also see two large allegorical figures situated upon the wall, flanking the centre basin and providing compositional balance to the fountain.

Note: You can walk behind the fountain when entering Maximilianplatz and see the top level basin, centre fountain and two allegorical sculptures from behind and more closely.

In the end, this was one of the best fountains we found during our recent visit to Munich. It is one of the first that we would seek to return to see again next time we are in the city.

1 Nicole Strandberg - 2 years ago

I am sure it is a beautiful fountain at other times of the year. It is December 28th and it has boards over it. I saw some other fountains covered in this manner as well. Must be the norm during winter.

5 George Alex Stelea - 4 months ago

Very beautifully illuminated at night

3 Trond Anders Sorvoja - a month ago

A Nice place to relativt and to contemplate the meaning of life and just destress