Kuhlkerl - Bad Bentheim, Germany
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DosHermanas
N 52° 18.116 E 007° 09.369
32U E 374277 N 5796221
Sculpture of a sandstone digger.
Waymark Code: WMCT4K
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany
Date Posted: 10/09/2011
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This sculpture was placed here to remember the men that dug the famous Bentheimer Sandstein from the quarries in the surroudings of Bad Bentheim. The sculpture is placed on top of a large chunk of Bentheimer Sandstein.
The plaque on the base says:
Der Bentheimer Sandstein war ein begehrter Baustoff der Grafschaft, in Westfalen und den Niederlanden. Die skulptur "Kuhlkerl" soll an die Arbeiter erinnern, die in den "Kuhlen" den Bentheimer Sandstein brachen.
(The Bentheimer Sandstone was a desirable building material in the county, in Westfalen and in The Netherlands. The sculpture "Kuhlkerl" must remember the workmen that broke the Bentheimer Sandstone in the quarries, called "Kuhlen".)
The sculpture is located on the town square adjacent to the Schlossstrasse, at the base of Burg Bentheim.
Sector of the workforce: Sandston digger
Created or Donated by which group: Not listed
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