St.-Georgsbrunnen, Medieval water well in Market Square, Eisenach, Germany

The St.-Georgsbrunnen is a running fountain on the east side of Eisenach's marketplace, its trough set around a central stone pillar. On the pillar stands a sandstone figure of Saint George in a gilded 16th-century armour, spearing a dragon at his feet. Small dragons on the pillar's base spout water in all directions.

Hans Leonhard, the city architect and stonemason, built this well in 1549 as an important addition to Eisenach's infrastructure. The work was created during a period when the city was modernizing and expanding its public facilities.

The rural population that came to town on market days likely gave the fountain its older name, "Güldenmannsbrunnen" (Golden Man Fountain). Since the early 1990s the Eisenach trade association has held the Hanjörgfest old-town festival, first staged in May 1995; its name derives from medieval variants of Saint George's name such as Jörg and Hans-Jürgen.

The well is located on the east side of Eisenach's marketplace and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors should keep in mind this is an outdoor historical monument, so weather protection and comfortable shoes are recommended.

The name Hanjörgfest comes from old variants of Saint George's name: Georgios became Jürgen, Hans-Jürgen and Jörg, and records give his feast day as the "Hanjörgstag". The Eisenach trade association chose the fountain figure, already familiar from postcards, as the festival's emblem. The first Hanjörgfest was held in May 1995.