Today, the Gooseherd Fountain (Gänsemännchenbrunnen) can be found opposite the City Hall, but up until 1945 it was located on the Fruit Market. Placed in the centre of a new fountain basin made from granite, you can see the popular bronze figure of the gooseherd, one of the best-loved small bronze works of art made in Nuremberg. A wrought-iron Renaissance railing surrounds the granite basin. The figure shows a peasant from the Knoblauchsland area in the fashionable dress of the 16th century holding a goose under each arm, with the animals' beaks serving as water spouts. A model for the gooseherd made from linden wood can be found in the City Museum Fembohaus. The fountain was created around 1550, and was presumably a city commission, although no further details are known. Wood carver Hans Peisser was credited with the design, the bronze was cast by Pankraz Labenwolf.
