Beckum attacks

The Beckum attacks (also Beckumer ) are a collection of foolish stories that allegedly take place in the city of Beckum and resemble the public pranks. These and other stories were popularized among the people in the so-called Lalebuch (= book of fools printed in 1597 in Laleburg) and appended to various cities. Almost every region got its shield in this way. The Beckum attacks are therefore literary traveling legends.

When the first emergency money was printed in Beckum , the foolishness was depicted with a lot of self-irony as local representations on the emergency money notes. Some of them show the interior painting of the Soestwarte , an observation tower near Beckum.

Web links

• Beckum attacks: a collection of strange, adventurous and unheard-of stories and deeds of a people known and famous since the time of Adam. 3rd edition Werl 1879 ULB Münster
• The Beckum attacks on the Sights and Oddities page - Experiences for all the senses and a smile on the website of the city of Beckum