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Ankumer Quitt Fountain

Ankumer Quitt Fountain

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Ankumer Quitt Fountain

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Location: Ankum, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Bumble-Bee

March 2, 2024

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This fountain has found its place in the middle of the village in front of the town hall. The reference to the communities of Aslage, Brickwedde, Druchhorn, Holsten, Rüssel, Tütingen, …

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Lutz Kortmann 🚴‍♂️🚶‍♂️🇩🇪

October 27, 2023

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The neighboring towns are immortalized on plaques around the fountain

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Uwe aus Lüstringen

March 31, 2023

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The chronicle tells that 150 years ago a curious stranger asked the innkeeper Mähler what "Ankumer Quitt" meant. This sly innkeeper asked the stranger to put his ear a little closer to him so that he could understand the answer better and no one else would hear. When the stranger complied with this request, he bit his ear. The easy-going, mischievously inclined to teasing sense of the Ankumer is made clear by the "Ankumer Quitt".

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Elevation 60 m

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Wednesday 17 June

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Location: Ankum, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany

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