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Hello, friends! Do you think the Bremen Town Musicians come from Bremen? And here it is not. Now I will explain everything.

* In general, this article should have been written a long time ago, yet it talks about one of the symbols of the famous German city, and I, as always, while I am swinging, let me mature =) Lots of photos at the end.

Do you remember the fairy tale? So I forgot it, so today, before I sat down to write the article, I re-read it. No, I will not retell all of it in detail, I will only remind you of the essence. And this must be done in order to understand who the Bremen Town Musicians (German: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) are, in general, why they are Bremen, and why they are depicted everywhere in this way: a pyramid (a donkey, a dog is on it, a cat is on it, and a rooster is on top ).

The main characters of this fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm are wandering musicians (who were not even musicians, in principle). All of them had to leave their homes due to conflicts with their owners. The donkey became too old and could no longer help at the mill, so the owner decided to get rid of him (so as not to feed for nothing). The same fate threatened the dog - they were going to shoot him. The hostess planned to drown the old cat, but they wanted to roast the rooster (or bake ... maybe cook) for the holiday.

Of course, the animals and the rooster were fundamentally disagree with such a fate and ran away from home. On the way they met. The idea to go to Bremen and become street musicians there was given to everyone by a donkey, the rest only supported. This was the beginning of the legendary quartet.

Since the path to Bremen was not close, our friends did not get there in one day. We needed a place to stay overnight. And in the forest they stumbled upon a hut of robbers. The perfect place to spend the night there. But, there was one “but” - in fact, the owners were in the hut.

Our savvy musicians figured out this problem once or twice - they just scared the robbers with their, um ... "music". The show was something else! The dog climbed on the back of the donkey, the cat climbed on top of the dog, well, and the rooster has already crowned this whole pyramid. And then they, with the whole quartet, boomed: the donkey roared, the dog barked, the cat yelled like a cat, well, and the rooster crowed.

The poor robbers did not understand what had happened. In the twilight they didn’t really see anything, and judging by the sounds, they were, in general, some kind of demon was going to attack. In short, they ran ahead of their own cry from this hut.

Well, our "musicians" occupied the reclaimed dwelling. And, moreover, they loved it there so much that they did not want to leave this place. And they did not go to Bremen, but remained to live in the forest, in a robber's hut.

But, despite the fact that these guys were not in the city, they nevertheless became one of its symbols.

The most famous monument to the Bremen Town Musicians stands in Bremen (surprisingly, right? =)) on the Market Square, near the eastern wall of the town hall. And there are a lot of tourists there. In general, probably, everyone who has visited Bremen considers it his duty to bring a photo from there against the background of this sculpture. Therefore, people line up to be imprinted there.

The bronze monument was erected in 1951. Its author is the Berlin sculptor Gerhard Marx. Based on this sculpture, two more were created. One was staged in Riga in 1990, the second in Zülpiche (Germany). And they are completely different. The only thing they have in common is that they represent a composition in which the characters of the fairy tale are canonically arranged (on top of each other).

Legends and myths

Any popular sculpture is covered with some legends of its own. So here too. It is believed that the Bremen Town Musicians can grant wishes. To do this, you just need to rub the nose of the donkey or take hold of its front paws, and also rub it lightly (the photo shows how the tourists carefully polished these places =)).

* Just remember - you need to hold on to both legs, not just one! Otherwise, the wish will not come true. And yet, they can say about you: “Look, one donkey greets another.” Such is it, local humor, do not be offended by it =)

And yet, the sewer manholes on the Market Square of the city “sing” with the voices of the Bremen Town Musicians. All you have to do is toss a coin. And if earlier there were few coins in the sewers, now there are more than enough people who want to hear the “singing” of the quartet, so city services have to “withdraw the proceeds” several times a day.

Bremen town musicians as a symbol of Bremen

Friends, the heroes of this famous German quartet are found everywhere in Bremen. Well, really, everywhere! On magnets, postcards, books, badges, billboards, shop windows, clothes, houses and even dishes. In short, you can meet this symbol in the most unexpected places. At home, for example, books with the Bremen Town Musicians are multiplying =)

They are portrayed in different ways: somewhere more canonically, somewhere less, somewhere ironically, and somewhere completely ... abstract (but, nevertheless, recognizable). I have put together such a rather big gallery for you, where everything is shown. I will bring it out at the end of the article so that it does not interfere here.

And yet, I noticed a slight relationship between the Bremen Town Musicians and the Tula mother-in-law. What one, what the other can sometimes be seen in an unexpected way, for example, in a New Year's cap or raincoat. Sweetheart, and only =)

Well, on this positive note, I'll say goodbye to you. All the best! Read fairy tales, travel more and smile! See you.

Plot

German postage stamp dedicated to the fairy tale. 1982

The main characters of the tale - a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster, offended by their owners, go to the city of Bremen to become city musicians.

Only they could not reach Bremen in one day and decided to spend the night in the forest. The donkey and the dog lay down to sleep under a large tree, the cat settled on the branches, and the rooster flew up to the very top of the tree - it seemed to him the safest there.

Stopping on the way in the forest, they discover a robber's hut. The Bremen town musicians climb on top of each other and perform their "music" (the donkey roared, the dog barked, the cat meowed, the rooster sang). The robbers run away in fear.

Each of the Bremen musicians goes to bed according to his taste and habits: the donkey lies down in the yard, on a pile of garbage, the dog - outside the door, the cat - on the hearth, and the rooster sits on the roof of the robber's hut.

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What country did the Bremen town musicians live in?

Germany as a country appeared on the world map only from the middle of the 19th century. Until that time, several small principalities existed on its territory, among which were “free cities”. Since then, Bavaria, Dresden, Hamburg and Bremen, whose name is associated with the tale of the Bremen Town Musicians, have remained on the map of the country.

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