List of fountains in Bratislava

The number of fountains in Bratislava is comparable to the four times larger neighboring Austrian capital Vienna.

Due to Bratislava being in the temperate zone, outdoor fountains are turned off during the winter months.

Fountains were fed water from the streams uphill through a series of wooden pipes, later replaced by metal ones.

Since the origin of the stream was higher than the fountain it fed, gravity ejected the water at the end.

[4] During the coronation festivities accompanying the crowning of the Kings of Hungary in the city between 1563 and 1830, wine was usually poured into the town fountains.

[5] Originally, the project for the tunnel underneath the Bratislava Castle from the 1940s, today used for public transport trams, contained a fountain to be built into the wall of the eastern portal.

A new fountain is planned with the reconstruction of the Malokarpatské Námestie in the Lamač borough at least since 2002, but the project is unrealized as of 2012.

As of today, 42 fountains are taken care of by the municipal company Paming - Mestský investor pamiatkovej obnovy,[7] together with 11 small drinking water fountains and 3 water wells, the rest is owned by the Bratislava city boroughs and various private companies and hotels.

In the past, the city featured a variety of historical drinking fountains, especially wall-fountains inside the courtyards of rich townspeople mansions.