The beautiful Ehekarussel (marriage roundabout) fountian. It is a fountain of a very different type, depicting the "bitter-sweetness of married life” on the basis of the verses of the cobbler poet Hans Sachs.

The cycle of man-woman relationship is all there, from courtship to marriage and beyond. Sex and love are prevalent at first, then slovenliness and physical abuse walk in, and the end is a horrific death. The joy is brief and on the surface, while the anger and hatred are as hard and cold as the bronze material. Here's the most melodramatic touch: interspaced among the various human emotions are pointed beak birds, prancing old goats, huge lizard heads, half-rotten carcass, and flowers in bloom. Not to mention a representation of Sachs waltzing! If Weber wanted to elicit shock with his work, he certainly succeeded.