Gänsemännchenbrunnen (Goose Man Fountain)

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.