Up until the beginning of the 20th century, night watchmen also ensured peace and order in the narrow lanes of villages in our part of the world. This was also the case in Liechtenstein's municipality of Mauren where the "Night Watchman's Horn" (face value: CHF 1.90) by Matthäus Schreiber (1861-1941) is kept in the collection of cultural artefacts. It is said that he patrolled as a night watchman at the turn of the century and from 1919 to 1933 and used the piercing sound of his night watchman's horn to rouse residents and fire- fighters from their beds in the event of a fire.
