Anna-Seiler-Brunnen

It is a Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance[1] and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Old City of Bern.

The fountain, located at the upper end of Marktgasse memorializes the founder of the first hospital in Bern.

Anna Seiler [de] is represented by a woman in a blue dress, pouring water into a small dish.

She stands on a pillar brought from the Roman town of Aventicum (modern Avenches).

On 29 November 1354 in her will[2] she asked the city to help found a hospital in her house which today stands on Zeughausgasse.