So G'sell So Pig Sculptures of Nördlingen

The stone pig was unveiled on October 22, 2011, and commemorates the following legend:In 1440, a woman at the Löpsinger Gate is said to have observed a runaway sow rubbing itself against the gate. She noticed that the gate wasn't properly closed. Her outraged cry of "So, sir, so!" was directed at the guards, who later confessed to having been bribed by Count Oettingen to leave the gate open so that he and his troops could conquer the city. Thanks to the sow, the treason was discovered, and Nördlingen was saved from capture.

The pigs can be found in many forms throughout the city. Just read the history of this.

With the call "So G'sell So" she tried to drive the pig back into the city and caused such a riot that other citizens woke up and the city became aware of the enemies in front of the wall. The raid was prevented, Nördlingen was saved. In Nördlingen this tradition is omnipresent.