The Ulenköper
The Ulenköper is a bronze statue in the Hanseatic city of Uelzen . The memorial was designed by Karlheinz Goedtke and is a gift from the citizens to their city. It symbolizes the Ulenköpersage associated with the city and was ceremoniously unveiled on May 6, 1967.
The Ulenköper memorial was created in the 1960s on the idea of Peter Cordes, a councilor and chairman of the Uelzen tourist office. The city's citizens and businesses donated around DM 37,000 to finance it. It is located in downtown Uelzen between St. Mary's Church and the old town hall. It is around 2.2 meters high and made of bronze . The memorial shows two male people. One is holding a sack with an owl sticking out of it, while the other person is counting the money received for it. The representation is based on a legend according to which a Uelzen merchant buys a sack full of Baarftgaans (barefoot walkers) from a country farmer, which the merchant incorrectly understands as Barkhahns (black cocks) and pays a handsome price. Later he realizes his mistake and sued the farmer. However, he says in his defense that he has clearly sold "Baarftgaans" and the fact that owls go barefoot cannot be denied. The judge laughed and agreed. That is why the Uelzen people are still called "Ulenköper", which means owl buyers.
Rubbing against the statue's coin and at the same time jingling the change in your pocket should ensure that you always have enough money.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Uhlenköper Monument. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on June 2, 2016 .
- ↑ The Ulenköper monument. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 23, 2015 ; accessed on June 2, 2016 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 57 ′ 52.9 ″ N , 10 ° 33 ′ 36 ″ E