Kindlifresserbrunnen

The fountain sculpture depicts a seated ogre devouring a naked child.

Another theory is that the statue is the likeness of Krampus, the beast-like creature from the folklore of Alpine countries thought to punish children during the Christmas season who had misbehaved.

[3] Another theory is that it represented Cardinal Schiner who led the Swiss Confederation into several bloody defeats in Northern Italy.

This would match with the fountain's base which shows a frieze of armed bears going to war, including a piper and a drummer.

[5] The Kindlifresserbrunnen is an important object in the 1973 novel L'ogre [fr] (The Ogre) by Jacques Chessex.