When it embarked on the modernisation of the Groß Schönwalde waterworks, Greifswald’s municipal utilities provider Stadtwerke Greifswald GmbH was aware of its historical responsibility. Since 1990, great efforts have been made to restore historic architecture in the birthplace of the Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich. As a result, the more than 100-year-old brick building of the listed waterworks was extensively renovated and fitted out internally with state-of-the-art technical equipment, at the heart of which are high-performance pumps from KSB.