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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Bad Hersfeld

Mosquito Stormers Monument, Bad Hersfeld

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Bad Hersfeld

Mosquito Stormers Monument, Bad Hersfeld

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Mosquito Stormers Monument, Bad Hersfeld

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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Jens

April 7, 2019

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The lovingly designed sculpture on Linggplatz was erected there in 2003 to commemorate an anecdote from the city's history in 1674. In that year, the citizens of Hersfeld discovered a cloud of smoke on the church tower. Only when the preparations for the extinguishing work were already in full swing, it turned out that it was not a fire, but a large swarm of mosquitoes. Since this event, the name "mosquito-hitters" for the Hersfelder citizens consolidated. The sculpture itself is aligned in such a way that it embeds the real, then affected church tower in the scenery.

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cabi

June 5, 2020

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An event at the church tower in 1674 gave the Hersfelders their nickname.
When you saw a cloud of smoke on the church tower on a warm summer's day, many …

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Robert von der Haune

October 12, 2022

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In 1674 a swarm of mosquitoes faked a cloud of smoke on the church tower. The Hersfelders rushed in to put out the supposed fire. Since then they have been called "The Mosquito Strikers" by the neighbors.

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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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