Koszeg - Lady Column

The convoluted Baroque Lady Column in the center of Jurisics tér dates from 1739 and is the work of the Sopron stonemason Lorenz Eysenkölbl; he was paid by means of fines which the town imposed on Protestants who opposed Mariolatry. Eysenkölbl was also responsible for the Town Fountain; this eventually suffered from over-use and so in 1766 was enclosed within the 18th C plait style pump room we see today.