It was built to house the reliquary of the Three Kings (aka Three Wise Men).
This fountain commemorates the legend of the Heinzelmännchen (house gnomes). These little gnomes are said to have done all the work of the
citizens of Cologne during the night, so that the inhabitants of Cologne
could be very lazy during the day. According to the legend, this went
on until a tailor's wife got so curious to see the gnomes that she
scattered peas onto the floor of the workshop to make the gnomes slip
and fall. The gnomes, being infuriated, disappeared and never returned.
From that time on, the citizens of Cologne had to do all their work by
themselves.
[Wikipedia]
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