Joachim Ringelnatz - Hamburg, Deutschland
N 53° 32.754 E 009° 54.032
32U E 559669 N 5933377
Skulptur zu Ehren des Schriftstellers, Kabarettisten und Malers Joachim Ringelnatz an der Elbchaussee in Hamburg
Waymark Code: WMWB1Y
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Posted: 08/06/2017
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On the Elbchaussee in Hamburg stands the bronze-art work "Die Ameisen" (The ants) in honor of the poet Joachim Ringelnatz. The work was created in 2014 by the artist Peter Schröder.
Joachim Ringelnatz is the pen name of the German author and painter Hans Bötticher (7 August 1883, Wurzen, Saxony – 17 November 1934, Berlin). His pen name Ringelnatz is usually explained as a dialect expression for an animal, possibly a variant of Ringelnatter, German for Grass Snake or more probably the seahorse for winding ("ringeln") its tail around objects. Seahorse is called Ringelnass (nass = wet) by mariners to whom he felt belonging. He was a sailor in his youth and spent the First World War in the Navy on a minesweeper. In the 1920s and 1930s, he worked as a Kabarettist, i.e., a kind of satirical stand-up comedian. He is best known for his wry poems, often using word play and sometimes bordering on nonsense poetry. Some of these are similar to Christian Morgenstern's, but often more satirical in tone and occasionally subversive. His most popular creation is the anarchic sailor Kuddel Daddeldu with his drunken antics and disdain for authority.
Source: Wikipedia
In 1912 he created the poem "Die Ameisen" (The Ants), which broke their planned trip to Australia here on the Elbchausse. Thats why this "memorial" is placed here.
In spring 2017 the two ants were unfortunately stolen.
First plaque:
Die Ameisen
Joachim Ringelnatz (1883-1934)
In Hamburg lebten zwei Ameisen,
Die wollten nach Australien reisen.
Bei Altona auf der Chaussee,
Da taten ihnen die Beine weh,
Und da verzichteten sie weise
Dann auf den letzten Teil der Reise.
Second plaque:
Gestiftet von der ALFRED TOEPFE STIFTUNG F.V.S. die den beiden Ameisen in ihrem Gästehaus, Elbchaussee 195a eine Ruhepause gönnte.
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