Fiddickow later also wrote a short novel called "The tragic-comic Brandenburg Barber" which was turned into a movie (Fritze Bollmann: Gone Fishing) in 1942.
Throughout the 1900s, the song and its tragic-comic folk hero became so popular, that today a street, two restaurant, a soccer fan club and the state's official fishing magazine are named after Fritze Billmann. There even is a Fritze Bollman Award for outstanding citizenship - something the real Fritze would have never won.
In 1924, sculptor Carl Lühnsdorf created a fountain, showing Fritze Bollman with his fishing pole, surrounded by fish. Originally, the fountain stood near the place where poor Bollmann fell into the lake. In 1981, when Brandenburg's historic center was turned into a pedestrian area, the fountain was moved to the center of town where it is now one of thetown's most popular tourist attractions.
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