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Kessen Ülk and Minchen Fountain

Kessen Ülk and Minchen Fountain

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Kessen Ülk and Minchen Fountain

Name: Kessen Ülk and Minchen Fountain
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Location: Quakenbrück, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Bumble-Bee

June 24, 2021

The inseparable couple kessen Ülk and Minchen, actually Gerhard and Wilhelmine Kesse, were Quakenbrücker originals. [5].

In the last years of their lives, the lovebirds lived in the city poor house on the extended Friedrichstrasse and earned their living by weaving baskets. They advertised their goods as peddlers, going from door to door and "not averse to a good drink".

Ülk owed his nickname to his body odor, which as a vagabond and day laborer probably placed little value on hygiene. “De stinkt as een Ülk”, it smells like a polecat, is a Low German expression.

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Andreas Bikefan

July 26, 2022

Beautifully designed fountain on the edge of the center. There is a good Steak House and Balkan Grill right next door.

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JR56

February 26, 2025

The fountain with the figures of the two Quakenbrück originals "Kessen Ülk and Minchen" created by the Aachen artist Bonifatius Stirnberg welcomes you in Lange Straße. The two lived in the Quakenbrück poorhouse and earned their meager living by weaving baskets or as day laborers. Because of their "drinking passion," they were exposed to general ridicule, especially that of children, but they were simply part of the cityscape.

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Elevation 30 m

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