Old City of Berne

). The root ] ; including that it is a Jew with a pointed Jewish hat [ [http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/guide/bern/westernoldtown.html Switzerland is yours.com travel guide] accessed April 25, 2008] or the Greek god Chronos. However, the most likely explanation is that the statue represents a Fastnacht figure that scares disobedient children [ [http://digibiblio.unibe.ch/digibern/Chopin/Engine/Systematik/viewer.asp?KatalogID=1&ImgNum=285&ImgCount=8&RecordNr=18 Hofer, 281] ]

*Anna Seiler Brunnen

The Anna Seiler fountain, located at the upper end of "Marktgasse" memorializes the founder of the first hospital in Berne. Anna Seiler is represented by a woman in a blue dress, pouring water into a small dish. She stands on a pillar brought from the Roman town of Aventicum (modern Avenches). On November 29, 1354 in her will [http://www.insel.ch/fileadmin/inselspital/users/InselStellen/Spitalorganisation/Inselspital-Stiftung/Testament_Anna_Seiler.pdf Copy of Anna Seiler's will, translated into modern German] accessed April 25, 2008 de_icon] she asked the city to help found a hospital in her house which today stands on "Zeughausgasse". The hospital initially had 13 beds and 2 attendants cite book
last = Zurkinden
title = Aral Auto-Reisebuch: Schweiz
publisher = Ringier AG
date = 1983
location = Zurich, CH
pages = 222-224
isbn = 3-85859-179-3de_icon ] and was to be an "ewiges Spital" or a perpetual hospital. When Anna died around 1360 [http://www.insel.ch/259.html Inselspital website-History] accessed April 25, 2008 de_icon] the hospital was renamed the "Seilerin Spital". In 1531 the hospital moved to the empty Dominican Order monastery "St. Michaels Insel" (St. Michael's Island) and was then known as the "Inselspital", which still exists over 650 years after Anna Seiler founded it. The modern "Inselspital" has about 6,000 employees and treats about 220,000 individuals per year [ [http://www.insel.ch/inselspital.html Inselspital website-Home Page] accessed April 25, 2008 de_icon] .

ee also

*List of World Heritage Sites in Europe
*Berne
*Swiss Federal Council

References

External links

* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/267 Offical UNESCO listing for Old City of Berne]
* [http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/267.pdf UNESCO Evaluation of the Old City of Bern (.pdf only)]
* [http://www.berninfo.com/en/welcome.cfm Tourist Office of the city of Bern]
* The Website of the [http://www.zeitglockenturm.ch Clock Tower (Zytglogge)] in English and German