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Pelican Fountain

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Pelican Fountain

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  • Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    July 24, 2016

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    Built in 1910 by the Evangelical parish of Werden. Pelican feeding the young:
    early Christian symbol of protection and devotion. In later time reference to the
    sacrificing Christ, believing that the pelican wounds itself with its beak
    to feed his young with drops of blood in need.
    Put back into operation on September 7, 1997 on the initiative of Werden businessmen.
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    October 3, 2017

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    It is located near the main entrance to Haus-Fuhr. If you start from the symbolism, the pelican is the symbol of charity, of unrestricted neighborly love. He would rather hurt himself than starve his young.
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    June 11, 2022

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    At this point / I would like to quickly / say something about the source
    (whereby it corresponds to the art of poetry / if this 'source' is a 'well'):
    To quote the incomparable humorist Heinz Erhardt (1909 - 1979), who was known to a wide audience for his word jokes and "Noch'n poem", with a short quatrain:
    "There is certainly much beauty in
    on the element, the wet.
    Because you can drink the water.
    But you can - also leave it."
    (H.Erhardt)
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