Get sick, Offebach

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Sculpture group "Krieh die Kränk, Offebach"

Krieh die Kränk, Offebach is a bronze group of sculptures by the sculptor Bonifatius Stirnberg from 1998. The work of art is in front of the Löwen pharmacy on Frankfurter Strasse at Offenbacher Stadthof. The Löwen Pharmacy is the founder of the sculpture group .

Description of the artwork

Several bronze figures are arranged on a slightly arched round bronze plate, which is mounted on a stone base. A lean, older man with a frightened face, dressed in 19th century style with tails and breeches , bends down and grabs a stone with his right hand. He has just stretched his left arm in front of him. In front of the man, a cylinder is rotatably mounted as if falling to the ground . Stones that are tied with knotted ropes rise across the floor slab. Four dog figures, a bulldog , a schnauzer , a dachshund and a mixed breed dog are grouped around the man . The dog figures are rotatable, the head, legs, ears and tails can be adjusted in different directions. The anecdote on which the group is based is reproduced in raised letters on the front of the base plate. On the opposite page, the donation dedication and the name of the artist can be read in the same font.

Detailed views of the group of figures
Head of the male figure
Bulldog dog figure
Schnauzer dog figure

Anecdotal and historical background

Historical postcard Krick de Kränk Offebach

The group of sculptures refers to an anecdote handed down in Offenbach, according to which a Frankfurt citizen visited Offenbach in winter many years ago. There he was attacked by dogs running free. When he bent down to throw a stone at the animals, it was frozen solid. Thereupon he called out in the Frankfurt dialect : “Get the sick, Offebach! The Staa binne se aa, the dogs let se laafe. ”In High German this means“ Damn Offenbach! They tie the stones, the dogs let them go. "

The expression "Krieh die Kränk" is a sigh and a mild curse in the South Hessian dialect . From the competition between the two neighboring cities of Frankfurt am Main and Offenbach, the exclamation "Get sick, Offebach!"

literature

  • Lothar R. Braun (Ed.): Krieh die Kränk, Offebach !: Offenbach stories and anecdotes . 2nd Edition. Kumm, Offenbach am Main 1972, ISBN 3-7836-0051-0 .

Web links

Commons : Krieh die Kränk, Offebach  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Linke: Being successful in a tight legal corset. (PDF; 5.26 MB) In: Offenbach Economy. IHK Offenbach am Main , April 2009, pp. 14–15. P. 15 , accessed April 30, 2016 .
  2. ↑ 1414: City feud with Frankfurt: Roots in historical depths. Offenbach.de, October 23, 2008; accessed on April 30, 2016.

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 17.8 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 39.7"  E