The eagles fountain in the abbey of St. Florian was made in 1757 from Simon Häußler (stonecutter) und Johann Jakob Sattler (sculptor). The eagle is seen as protector of the corpse of St. Florian and it is the heraldic animal of the abbey. Furthermore the snake-killing eagle is a symbol for force and craftiness.
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