Wimmerova Fountain, Neoclassical fountain in Uhelný trh, Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic

Wimmerova Fountain stands in the middle of Uhelný trh (Coal Market) in Prague's Old Town. Carved from grey siliceous sandstone, its basin is roughly square, 3 by 3 metres, with a moulded parapet wall and rounded corners. A central column shaped like a palm trunk, wrapped in a vine branch, carries a standing water bird, probably a swan, that spouts water from its raised beak; the stream turns and runs down among the palm leaves.

Merchant Jakub Wimmer commissioned sculptor František Xaver Lederer to create this fountain in 1797 as a gift to the city. The structure was moved several times over the following decades before settling at its current location.

The central column is carved as a palm trunk wrapped in a vine branch, with a water bird on top spouting water that falls through the palm leaves. The group of a standing boy offering a grape cluster to a seated girl, with a rooster at their feet, is read either as lovers from the Song of Songs or as an allegory of agriculture and viticulture.

The fountain stands in the middle of Uhelný trh (Coal Market) in Prague's Old Town, close to Národní třída and the Estates Theatre. The square is pedestrianized, so you can walk right up to the basin; the sculpted centrepiece is a copy, with the original in the Lapidarium of the National Museum at Výstaviště.

The central column is carved as a palm trunk wrapped in a vine branch, with a standing water bird on top that spouts water upward from its raised beak; the stream turns and runs down among the palm leaves. The original sculpted section is in the Lapidarium of the National Museum, hall 7.