Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg had it traced in 1717 and impounded in granite blocks bearing the Hohenzollern coat of arms. The spring bears the name Fürstenbrunnen (Prince's Well), but is not to be confused with the Upper and Lower Fürstenbrunnen on the Ochsenkopf. By contrast, in 1785 Goethe considered the Seehausbrunnen () southeast of the Schneeberg as the source of the Main and wrote: the source of the Main, which rises right by the house here and makes the brook look like a tin wash.