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U Cologne00055 Fountain of the Elves
·Fountain of the Elves, Cologne, Germany. Built in 1899 by Edmund Renard and his son Heinrich, the Heinzelmännchenbrunnen (Elves or brownies) commemorates the Heinzelmännchen and the tailor’s wife. It tells the story of the Heinzelmännchen, the little people who did all the work at night so that the people of Cologne could laze around during the day. The story was recorded from folklore by Ernst Weyden, a teacher in Cologne.
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