https://timey.org/tags/wroclaw/ Recent content in Wroclaw on Timey.org Hugo en-us Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://timey.org/the-fencer-of-wroclaw-a-1904-fountain-that-outlived-the-city-that-commissioned-it/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://timey.org/the-fencer-of-wroclaw-a-1904-fountain-that-outlived-the-city-that-commissioned-it/ On 26 November 1904 a naked young man with a sword went up on a small square in front of the university’s main building in Breslau, and the city has been telling stories about him ever since. He is still there. The buildings behind him are the same yellow Baroque wing, the square has the same awkward triangular shape, and the water still comes out of the four faces on the rim of the bowl.