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Dülmen
Kr. Coesfeld
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Borkener straße / Plusch

Die Widerspenstige

The Recalcitrant

Jürgen Ebert
1996

Description

Bronze sculpture of a recalcitrant goat and two boys.

Until 1902, Dülmen was divided into five districts, named after the main roads. The Borken road bears this name only since the Second World War, as it is referred to in the previous 400 years as Neustraße (New Street). Many households in this quarter were holding goats in the 19th century, hence the nickname "Siegenvedel" (goat quarter). The sculpture of the recalcitrant goat refers to this past

It was raining very heavy when we visited Dülmen, thus the photos are not so good...

(An identical sculpture is in Werne an der Lippe (click here) and in the Dutch town of Vriezenveen (click here).

Information Sign

"Widerspenstige"
gestiftet vom
Nieströter Schützenverein e.V.
und Dülmener Bürgern 1996
geschaffen vom Bildhauer
Jürgen Ebert, Bocholt

Sculptor

Jürgen Ebert (Bocholt 1954), German sculptor in Bocholt (Website).

Sources & Information

Dülmen-Marketing, Einleitung historischer Stadtrundgang.

Locatie (N 51°49'49" - E 7°16'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw221; Photograph: 12 October 2012
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