Wilhelm Pfeiffer, Körle, HE, DE
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member André de Montbard
N 51° 10.294 E 009° 31.979
32U E 537261 N 5669038
Wilhelm Pfeiffer oak, dedicated to a local blind poet.
Waymark Code: WMQ612
Location: Hessen, Germany
Date Posted: 12/27/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 7

Wilhelm Pfeiffer (*12.01.1904, died 1993) was a blind german local poet which wrote this famous poem for his hometown of Körle about the Körler donkey:

"Der Kerlsche Esel un der Bortenwetzer"

Der Kerlsche Esel äß bekännt,
kritz un quer im Hessenländ.
Un geht en Kerlscher mol metonger
so ewer Feld - es äß ken Wonger -
dänn gogen se: "En Esel kemmet!",
un wem me dos dänn ewel nemmet,
dänn fangen se erscht rechtig ohn,
un Krach gett’s mänchmol bes off’s Schlohn.

Dä Kerlschen Männer, Kerlschen Frochen:
wenn mä ens mol en Rothüß bochen
- es brucht net grare groß zu sin -
der Esel äwer, der muß nin! (...)

Läwend'je Esel große, kleene,
gett’s dänn in Kerle gänz alleene.
Dänn werd erscht Kerle recht bekännt:
„Stoodt Eselshüsen“ bloß genännt.

Heert mol höbsch zu, dä Kerlschen Liere:
Mä sin den Esels-Ärjer miere!
Mä wun’s nu wie die angern machen,
un ewern Kerlschen Esel lachen! (...)
Location of the tree: street

Type of tree: oak

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