The carving Pennsoldat is reminiscent of the Aachen city militia, which was stationed here to guard the marching gate. To supplement their meager military pay, the guards carved thin wooden tillers (dialectal Penn) for shoe soles. Aachen's oldest carnival club was founded on March 3, 1857 under the name Stadtgarde "Öcher Penn" von 1857 e.V. as a satire on the armed city soldiers, popularly known as Pennsoldaten. See plaque on the wall of the city gate

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

April 24, 2023

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But it is also worth taking a look in front of the marching gate: since 2007 there has been a monument to the carving pennant soldier designed by Klaus Gehlen, a gift from the Oecher Penn city guard to the city of Aachen on the occasion of the club's 150th anniversary.
Source: oecherpenn.de/verein/hauptquartier

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April 13, 2023

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Everyday history, the focus here is not on the nobility, kings or other systems of rule, but rather on small, self-employed people!

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