Fritz Kortebusch

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The first monument around 1930
Cowherd memorial on Bongardstrasse

Fritz Kortebusch was the last urban cowherd in Bochum . From 1850 to 1877, Kortebusch drove the cattle of the citizens of Bochum to the Vöde (an area of ​​around 2.8 km² with gardens and communal pastures) and led them to the drinking area on Trankgasse. At that time almost every family still owned a goat and a cow for self-sufficiency.

A first cowherd memorial with several relief panels was made in 1908 based on designs by August Schmiemann from Münster and erected near the provost church of St. Peter and Paul . However, this memorial was melted down for arms production during World War II .

A replica of the monument to Kortebusch and his shepherd dog by the Bochum sculptor Walter Kruse was erected near the original location in 1962 and is a reminder of the time when Bochum was still an arable town .

The monument stands at a point where the old Bochum town hall in the half-timbered house style was located between 1697 and 1862 and a market square (including a pillory and pillory for thieves) since 1790.

Today's Stadtpark Bochum was built on the community pasture itself .

literature

  • Jürgen Boebers-Süßmann: Fritz Kortebusch, the last cowherd. In: Do kass di drop soldered. Stories and dönekes from Bochum. Bochum: Wartberg publishing house. 2006. ISBN 3-8313-1703-8

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