Nikolaikirchplatz, a small square with a medieval looking fountain known as the Wappenbrunnen (Coat of arms fountain). The fountain was created in 1987 after a design by Gerhard Thieme from 1928. On each side of the octagonal fountain is a relief showing a coat-of-arms. In the middle of the fountain is a column on which a bear statue rests. The bear symbolizes the city of Berlin. The fountain commemorates the founding of the city, hence it is also known as the Gründungsbrunnen (fountain of the founding).