Hans Hummel #16 - Hamburg, Germany
N 53° 38.510 E 010° 02.275
32U E 568616 N 5944173
Hans Hummel is the legendary last water-carrier in Hamburg.
Waymark Code: WMWPXN
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Posted: 09/29/2017
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Over one hundred identically sculpted yet differently painted statues of Hans Hummel are spread out throughout Hamburg as a 2003 art project.
Most were eventually sold, but a few, like this one are still on public display. This one is number 16. And the small plaque accompanying the work indicates:
Hans Hummel für Hamburg Nr. 16
Patenschaft durch: City Management Hamburg
Gestaltung: Maria Popescu
Eine Aktion des City Management Hamburg
The statue is about life-size and made of glass fiber reinforced plastic
Hans Hummel, bourgeois name Johann Wilhelm Bentz (January 21, 1787 in Hamburg, 15 March 1854) was a water carrier in the Neustadt in Hamburg and is considered the origin of the Hamburg greeting "Hummel, Hummel - Mors, Mors". He is, therefore, the most famous person of the old Hamburg originals.
Bentz, a disgruntled man, was persecuted by children by calling him "Hummel, Hummel," which he replied with "Mors, Mors," a short form of the Low German saying "Klei di an'n Mors" ( "Scratch your ass").
In combination with "Hans" - the short form of his first name "Johann (es)" - he became known under his nickname Hans Hummel.
When the Stadtwasserkunst in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort began operations in 1848, Bentz became unemployed. In 1854 he died and was buried on poor house costs at the Dammtorfriedhof.
Source: Wikipedia (translated)
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