Albrechtsbrunnen
Albrechtsbrunnen stands on Albrechtsplatz in Rheinfelden, Aargau, surrounded by the streets of the old town. Its long limestone double trough dates from 1850.
The fountain reaches back to the early fourteenth century and appears in written records from 1442. New troughs followed in 1539 and 1618, while the former city hospital stood beside it. After the hospital and neighbouring buildings disappeared in 1869, the widened space became Albrechtsplatz, named after Archduke Albrecht VI. The setting connects this public water source with Rheinfelden’s Habsburg history and regional heritage.
A Renaissance column rises from the southern narrow side, with lion-head spouts and musician figures. Above the volute capital, a bearded standard-bearer in armour lifts Rheinfelden’s banner and hides a sword behind his back. The visible statue copies the 1542 original, which entered the Fricktaler Museum after restoration in 1958 and 1959. Short legs give the figure the familiar nickname “Albrechtli”.
- City
- Rheinfelden
- Content updated
Take this page with you
The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Rheinfelden. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.