Farmer's wife and devil
Farmer's wife and devil is a group of statues on the Lousberg in Aachen . The monument is reminiscent of the Lousberg legend , which tries to explain the existence of the Lousberg as a single mountain in the middle of the Aachen valley basin in an etiological way .
Location
The monument stands at the end of Kupferstrasse on a saddle between the Lousberg and its smaller neighbor, the Salvatorberg . At this point four streets and three footpaths meet. The only access by car to both the Lousberg and the Salvatorberg passes here.
history
The group of statues was created in 1985 by the Aachen artist Krista Löneke-Kemmerling , the wife of the sculptor Hubert Löneke .
Originally, the figure of the devil had a thumb on each hand, but this contradicts the Aachen cathedral statement . Then the devil had slammed the wolf door out of anger with such force that a thumb got stuck in a door puller .
In a nightly action, strangers saw off a thumb on the figure of the devil. The sawed-off thumb was never found again, and the police investigation into property damage was discontinued without result. The artist acknowledged her mistake and simply closed the interface.
description
According to the Lousberg legend , the devil wanted to cover Aachen with sand, but was outwitted by an old woman (depicted as a farmer's wife at the monument). He threw the sandbag on the ground, whereupon it burst open, the sand ran out and formed the Lousberg.
The memorial shows the figures of the farmer's wife and the devil separated from each other on a paved surface. The devil sits on an empty sandbag and grabs his head. The farmer's wife who outwitted him looks at him with a sly smile. In front of the figures, a plaque embedded in the floor gives a short version of the legend.
Head of the devil
Head of the farmer's wife
plaque
Web links
- Aachen, farmer's wife and devil. In: fotoausflug.de. (with interactive 360 ° panorama picture).
Individual evidence
- ↑ This is the name on the plaque of the monument. In the literature, the group of statues is also referred to as the "devil and market woman".
- ↑ Bernd Groten: Devil and Market Woman in Aachen. In: denkmalplatz.de. January 12, 2014, accessed January 2, 2021 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '5.98 " N , 6 ° 5' 4.45" E