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Kessen Ülk and Minchen Fountain
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Location: Quakenbrück, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
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June 24, 2021
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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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•October 1, 2023
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In the last years of their lives they lived in the city poorhouse and earned their living by weaving baskets. They advertised their wares as peddlers, going door to door and “not averse to a good drink.”
Ülk died in 1910, Minchen in 1917. They were buried in social graves in the Protestant cemetery.
•October 1, 2023
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Location: Quakenbrück, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany