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Cowherd Monument, Bochum

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Cowherd Monument, Bochum

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

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Rapunzel

September 15, 2022

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Even modern Bochum was once a town with a lot of agriculture. A monument to the last cowherd Fritz Kortebusch reminds us of this time. The artistically crafted statue is located near the priory church of St. Peter and Paul, on the site of the old town hall.

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Andi

March 28, 2021

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In addition to the planetarium and the German Mining Museum, the cowherd monument at Bongardstrasse 29 is Bochum's best-known landmark. Almost every inhabitant of the city knows this "copper guy …

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Basti läuft....

April 25, 2023

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Fritz Kortebusch, the last cowherd in Bochum, drove the citizens' cattle to the Vöde, the city's pasture, from 1850 to 1870 and led them to drink at Trankgasse. However, as …

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