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13 Medieval andPost-MedievalUrbanWaterSupply andSanitation 225 Fig. 10:Goslar, theRomanesque Market fountain. The twobasinsare cast of bronzeand decoratedwith sculptures. wells. At least from the 17th century on, a ‘pipemaster’ (Röhrmeister) was paid to take care of thewell and the pipes leading to it. The large basin also served as a reservoir for firefighting water.59 A chronicle describes a stone lion in themiddle andwater that poured down from it through small pipes. Itswater is portrayedas light and clear andwitha lot of little bubbles.60 Altogether, itmaybe said in conclusion thatwaterhasbeenan important feature in towns frommedieval timesonup to thepresentage.The inhabitantswerenotatall ignorantas to the quality ofwater; on the contrary,water has always beenmonitored and attended to in several ways, andbecamemore andmore amatter of communal responsibility, as a service of general interest. IllustrationCredits Fig. 1: Graphic courtesyof theStadtGöttingen Innenstadtleitbild 2011. Fig. 2: Photo courtesyof theStadtarchäologieGöttingen. Fig.3: PhotobyBettyArndt, StadtarchäologieGöttingen. Fig.4: Photo courtesyof theStadtarchäologieGöttingen. Fig. 5: Photoby JanStubenitzky, CCBY-SA3.0. <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:​ Brunnen_Hetjershausen_01.jpg> (29.07. 2019). Fig.6: Drawing courtesyof theStadtarchäologieGöttingen. Fig. 7: Photo courtesyof theStadtarchäologieGöttingen. Fig.8: PhotobyAndreasHeege, StadtarchäologieEinbeck. Fig.9: PhotobyDirkRieger, BereichArchäologie Lübeck. Fig. 10: PhotobyUrsulaRoseeu, CCBY-SA4.0 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:​ Marktbrunnen_Goslar.jpg> (29.07. 2019). 59 Ehrhardt 1997, 60f. 60 Zeit- undGeschichtsbeschreibung 1734, book II, ChapterVII, 66.