Herkulesbrunnen, Cultural heritage fountain at Market Square, Heidelberg, Germany.

The Hercules Fountain is a stone fountain on Market Square featuring a mythological figure standing atop a central column. The structure displays Baroque design elements and is positioned in front of the Heidelberg City Hall.

The War of the Palatine Succession left Heidelberg largely destroyed and its population reduced to about 150, and the government had moved to Düsseldorf. In 1703 the city commissioned sculptor Johann Martin Laub to build a fountain before the town hall, with a Hercules figure on a column carved by Heinrich Charrasky. It was finished in 1705/1706 and still stands on its original site.

The fountain was commissioned in 1703 as a gesture of thanks to Heidelberg's citizens and an incentive to rebuild the city after the War of the Palatine Succession, when only about 150 residents remained. The Hercules figure on its column, carved by Heinrich Charrasky, carries that message; the sculptor Johann Martin Laub built the fountain, finished in 1705/1706.

The fountain sits in the center of Market Square and is easy to reach on foot while exploring the Old Town. The square itself is open and provides plenty of space to walk around and observe.

The fountain was finished in 1705/1706, and the Hercules figure on its central column was carved by the sculptor Heinrich Charrasky, while the Heidelberg sculptor Johann Martin Laub built the fountain itself, commissioned by the city in 1703. It still stands at its original site on Market Square.