Hedwig Fountain

The Hedwig Fountain (German: Hedwigbrunnen) or Lindenhof Fountain is a fountain in the Lindenhof hill in Zurich, Switzerland, which was built in 1912.

The helmeted statue of a woman beside the fountain was made by Gustav Siber.

It was built to honor the Zurich women, allegedly led by Hedwig ab Burghalden,[1] who defended the city by duping the army of Duke Albert I of Germany during the siege of Zurich in 1292.

They dressed in full battle gear in order to trick the Habsburg army into thinking that the city was well protected [2][3] while their men were busy campaigning at Winterthur.

The fountain is among[4] the roughly 400 fountains fed by the city's separate spring water network.