Rubbing 'Oma Duhnsens' Money Wallet - Hannover, Germany, NI
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There's a statue of the so-called 'Oma Duhnsen' (Granny Duhnsen) a locally well known former market woman. And there's also some superstition about rubbing her money wallet: This will bring good luck and money for newly married couples.
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Location: Niedersachsen, Germany
Date Posted: 03/21/2013
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There's a statue of the so-called 'Oma Duhnsen' (Granny Duhnsen) a locally well known former market woman. And there's also some superstition about rubbing her money wallet: This will bring good luck and money for newly married couples.
The sculpture is located front of the market hall in the 'Karmarschstraße'.
The monument shows a woman with a heavy backpack. She's on the way to the market hall.
The sculpture shows 'Karoline Duhnsen' also called 'Oma Duhnsen' (Granny Duhnsen), a famous market woman of Hannover who selled her goods for over 50 years at the market hall. The sculpture has been created while the life-time of Karoline Duhnsen.
The sculpture is less than life-sized. Its heigt is 1.30 meters. It's made of bronze.
It has been created by Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann in 1999.
It has to come a tradition for newly married couples of the opposite City Hall to come across and try to rub the wallet by Karoline Duhnsen. This should make money for them.
So if you're freshly married come across the street and rub her wallet.
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Just rubbing the wallet
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