Three sculptures at the Fastnachtsbrunnen in Oberursel - Hessen / Germany
N 50° 12.185 E 008° 34.612
32U E 469803 N 5561297
Women sitting at a donkey led by the "women master"
Waymark Code: WMT1GX
Location: Hessen, Germany
Date Posted: 09/09/2016
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The plaue at the sculptures says:
In oberursel there was as consumption up to 1703 , which was that a woman who had beaten her husband, on KarnevalsTuesday set astride a donkey and led through the village by her husband or by a specially paid women master.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Fastnachtsbrunnen
Figure Type: Combination of two figure types
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Sculptor Walter Meffert, designed by Georg Hieronymi
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 200
Materials used: Sandstone and Beonze
Location: Near the market place
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