Pretzel Adam Statue – Kaiser Fountain, Kaiserslautern loop from Pfalzgalerie
Pretzel Adam Statue – Kaiser Fountain, Kaiserslautern loop from Pfalzgalerie
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Pretzel Adam Statue – Kaiser Fountain, Kaiserslautern loop from Pfalzgalerie
01:25
5.53km
20m
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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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2.40 km
Stiftsplatz
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Pretzel Adam Statue
Highlight • Monument
Artist: Bernd, Werner
Year of creation: 1977
Location: Eisenbahnstrasse,
corner of Marktstrasse
In the 1950s and 1960s, a small man with a large pretzel basket stood at the corner of
Eisenbahnstrasse and Marktstrasse, the then popular and well-known “Brezeladam.”
The sculptor Werner Bernd
from Kaiserslautern recreated the pretzel seller in 1977 and placed him in a reduced bronze version on a granite pedestal at the very same spot where he had previously worked. A small “cheeky” man with a pretzel in his hand peers through the legs of the very popular Brezeladam.
Source: kaiserslautern.de/mb/themen/kultur/pdf/kunst_im_stadtbild.pdf
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Collegiate Church of St. Martin and St. Mary (Kaiserslautern)
Highlight • Religious Site
More information here: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiftskirche_(Kaiserslautern)
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2.94 km
Leo Erb Fountain at Schillerplatz
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3.17 km
Martinsbrunnen Fountain, St.-Martins-Platz, Kaiserslautern
Highlight • Monument
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3.21 km
St. Martin's Church, Kaiserslautern
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Kaiserslautern City Museum
Highlight • Historical Site
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Kaiser Fountain, Kaiserslautern
Highlight • Monument
If the Kaiserbrunnen can be understood as a three-dimensional history and story book, then Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa and King Rudolf von Habsburg are the main characters - both personalities who were pioneers in the history of the city. The fish as a heraldic animal shrouded in legend should not be missing, nor should the "Elwedritsche", a regional mythical creature. Other symbols from the realm of history are the Napoleon hat, the horse armor of the knights who used to live on the Rittersberg, the donkey and the horse as former beasts of burden or transport, the emigrant ship or the city seal. For example, an Opel engine and a (Pfaff) sewing machine as well as wheels and keys as a symbol of the Technical University represent the modern regional economy. And of course a football - signed by honorary citizen and 1954 world champion Fritz Walter - should not be missing in the city of the red devils.
And what do all the other animal figures mean? We would like to briefly explain some of them: Of course, the owl is a sign of wisdom for Kaiserslautern's long tradition as a city of schools and now also as a university city. The elephants with the city towers symbolize the strength of the earlier city wall.
And the mouse? This is the identifying mark of the Palatinate sculptor Professor Gernot Rumpf, who created the Kaiserbrunnen from bronze and sandstone...
(Kaiserslautern.de)
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End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.24 km
1.07 km
129 m
101 m
Surfaces
4.26 km
964 m
255 m
< 100 m
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