Kiepenkerl

Lambertus pyramid in Steinfurt- Borghorst and “Buer” (Bauer → Kiepenkerl) for the Singspiel mentioned in the text.

The Kiepenkerl monument in Münster

Kiepenkerle were called traveling traders in the Low German-speaking area between Sauerland and Hamburg , who belonged to the traveling people . They brought food such as eggs, dairy products and poultry to the cities in return for providing the rural areas with salt, other goods and news. German traders who crossed the border to the neighboring Netherlands in this form were called Kiepkerel , in the north also Kiepkerl . On the Lower Rhine there is the name Kiependräger .

The name is derived from the Kiepe , a back carrier made of wood and wickerwork, with which the Kiepenkerle walked across the country to sell the goods that were in and around the Kiepe to the local population.

Since the 19th century, the typical traditional costume of the Kiepenkerle in Westphalia and the Lower Rhine has included a white shirt , a black neck tie or a colorful, often red neckerchief , a vest and a blue, knee-length linen smock as protective clothing (Kiel ) or a jacket , knee breeches or long trousers made of linen or cloth , wooden shoes (Holsken) or leather shoes with stockings and high gaiters , a high or flat peaked cap (Kipp), tobacco pipe (Mutz) and a walking stick (Krückmann).

Among them were by no means only men, but also women like Kiepenlisettken from Schalksmühle .

Today the Kiepenkerle play a role primarily in the context of folklore and tourism , for example as city or museum guides. This custom is particularly widespread in the Münsterland . Traditionally, a Kiepenkerl also plays the role of Buern in the Singspiel O Buer, what is the cost of your hot? , which is an important part of Lambertus singing .

Monuments for the Kiepenkerl

Numerous monuments were set for the Kiepenkerl.

• In Kirchhellen there is a monument on Johann-Breucker-Platz in honor of the pretzel festival in Kirchhellen, a pretzel brother cast from bronze. The traditional clothing of the Kirchhellen pretzel brothers is based on the Kiepenkerl.
• Bielefeld - Leineweberdenkmal
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• Hamm-Heessen - Memorial for Jan Dümmelkamp opposite the St. Stephen's Church
• Herford - Linnenbauer monument on Linnenbauerplatz . Figure of the Herford hand weaver Fritken Oberdiek (1844–1919) created by Gregor von Bochmann the Younger . It was inaugurated in 1909.
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• Kevelaer - bronze figure of the tradesman and pilgrimage founder Hendrik Busmann created by Erika Rutert from Xanten , height 1.90 m, location: Busmannstraße 19, a gift from the advertising association Busmannstraße, was unveiled in 1989
• Lüdinghausen - Kiepenkerl figure near Vischering Castle
• Meinerzhagen
• Münster - In the Kiepenkerlviertel a monument made of plaster with a copper layer was erected in 1896 at the Spiekerhof. After the destruction in the Second World War , a cast bronze copy was made, which was inaugurated in 1953 by Federal President Theodor Heuss .
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• Nettetal - Breyell - Kiependräger, bronze figure, created by Loni Kreuder from Hinsbeck , location: Josefstrasse
• Nettetal-Breyell - concrete sculpture, created by Wolfram Schobel-Gundhardt from Nettetal, location: Baerlo nature reserve
• Rees - Location: in front of the Delltor / Florastraße. The monument was donated by the Oldenkott company in 1963 to mark the company's 125th anniversary.
• Sendenhorst - Albersloh - concrete sculpture from the workshop of the artist Christel Lechner from Witten . The sculpture was given to the people of Albersloh in 2019 by the Low German theater group of the Albersloher Heimatverein and placed on the Wersewanderweg (see Werseradweg ).
• Solingen - bronze sculpture in Unterburg created by Franz Otto Lipp from Hückeswagen . The sculpture was erected on Schlossbergstrasse in 1990 on the initiative of the Burg Beautification Association.
• Stadtlohn - Sculpture at the town hall
• Waltrop - Kiepenkerlbrunnen
• Washington, DC - A copy of the Kiepenkerl Memorial in Munster, made of stainless steel by Jeff Koons for Sculpture Projects 1987, is on display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
• Werne - relief on the former Erlenkämper restaurant

Kiepenkerl as a brand and company name

Kiepenkerl is also the name

• a tobacco brand from Oldenkott .
• a local radio station in the Coesfeld district , Radio Kiepenkerl
• two restaurants in Munster.
• a bakery with headquarters in Greven
• several brand names of the company Bruno Nebelung GmbH in Everswinkel

See also

• Humpback
• Dead trade

Web links

• Information about the Kiepenkerldenkmal in Münster
• 360 ° panorama at the Kiepenkerl monument and virtual tour through the Kiepenkerl district
• The Kiepenkerl and the Devil , Lower Saxony saga ( Gutenberg-DE project )
• Kiepenkerl in the image archive of the LWL media center for Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.trachten-dirndl.net/geschichte-der-trachten-dirndl/nordrhein-westfalen/
2. ^ Klaus-Werner Kahl: Dictionary of the Münsterländer Platt . ISBN 3-402-06447-2 .
3. ↑ https://www.brezelfest.de/portfolio/2002-2005/
4. ↑ https://www.nrz.de/staedte/emmerich-rees-isselburg/ausstellung-ueber-firma-oldenkott-id8679538.html
5. ^ The Kiepenkerl in stainless steel, page of the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association on the occasion of the Sculpture.Projects 1987
6. ↑ Gasthaus Großer Kiepenkerl. Retrieved August 9, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Ceiling Broken Little Kiepenkerl. Retrieved August 9, 2018 . 
8. ^ Kiepenkerl Bakery GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved April 28, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Bruno Nebelung. Accessed April 28, 2020 (German).