The great Bomberg
The great Bomberg is a novel by Josef Winckler published in 1923 and at the same time its protagonist. Gisbert von Romberg II (1839–1897) served as the model for the character in the novel . The partner in his pranks on the novel, the equally quirky Münster zoo director Hermann Landois , also refers to an actual person. The novel The Great Bomberg was filmed in 1932 by Georgi Asagarow and in 1957 with Hans Albers in the leading role by Rolf Thiele (see The Great Bomberg (1957) ).
The great Bomberg as namesake
The Dülmen district of Buldern has its own train station, which legend says it owes to the great Bomberg : It is said to have always pulled the emergency brake on the railway line between Münster and Dülmen at the level of Buldern. He was happy to pay the penalty due as a result, as he was able to reach his residence, Schloss Buldern , on foot . The railway administration finally saw this and built “the smallest train station in the Münsterland”. In the 1970s and 1980s, the German Federal Railroad named an intercity train Toller Bomberg (IC 130 and IC 137, later IC 810 and IC 811), which stopped at the train station in Münster (Westphalia) . He is the namesake of many pubs and restaurants (including in Buldern).
The bike tour tour organized by the association "Radsportfreunde Münster eV" since 1983 also bears his name.
Web links
- The great Bomberg on buldern.de
- The Mad Bomberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait of the historic Romberg