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Eckensteher Nante

Corner Man Nante

Ferdinand Strumpf (1803- ?)
a Berlin casual worker
(Wikipedia) 		Gerhard Thieme
1987

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Description

Sculpture of three Berlin originals from the 19th century around a signpost with the signs for Köpenick, Pankow and Mitte. The main character is Nante, a casual worker, based at the corner of Königstraße and Neue Friedrichstraße - not far from the Eulner distillery, where he used to stop off. Waiting on the street corner for odd jobs, he commented on what was happening around him with a joke that made him a Berlin original.
Behind him is a cobbler's boy with several boots. Surrounded by baskets filled with flowers, sits a flower woman, her right hand stretched forward in an offering.

Berlin - Eckensteher Nante
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Tags

  • Country: Germany
  • Cobbler's boy
  • Flower Merchant
  • Nante
  • Signpost
  • Strumpf, Ferdinand
  • Thieme, Gerhard
  • Town Character

    • Locatie (N 52°31'3" - E 13°24'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

    Item Code: debe096; Photograph: 31 August 2022
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