Cologne - for 45 years, he has renovated his pub before. Thus verranzt there looked too. His guests, he always served taciturn and unfriendly.
Nevertheless, and just loved him every drum: Hans "Lommi" Lommerzheim (†). As the first Köbes Deutz in Cologne, the cult of the host now got a monument. It stands as a bronze statue in the beer garden of the pub.
The glasses typically deep-seated on the nose, who is cast in bronze "Lommi" behind the counter and tap Koelsch. Flowing beside him Koelsch wreath from the water into a small fountain.
Four years after his death, the specially formed association of enthusiastic Lommi regulars (has 82 members) to him a monument erected. "I have made the figure for photos, gave me his wife," said Klaus Gehlen, the artist from Monschau.
Approximately $ 10,000 has cost the monument, but originate from the 3000 City Museum. Thither Lommi brought supporter namely the original bones of the last legendary Lommi-chops, which served the end of 2004. Fountains, lighting and Beck watercourse sponsored the new owners Rudolf Päffgen.
What does the stirred widow Annemie? "It has become very good. It was important that Lommi is clearly visible. The work behind the counter was his life. And he was mine. "Nevertheless, she falls hard to play to where her husband served everyone equally - whether celebrities, unemployed or students.
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