Almost every child in Lübeck knows
Geibel's verse , "In Lübeck on the bridge..." In Lübeck on the bridge,
there stands the god Mercury,
in every way displaying Olympian stature.
He knew nothing of shirts
in his divine repose,
therefore he turns his bare bottom to all strangers.
The eight original sandstone figures, depicting, for example, the god Mercury and Neptune, but also virtues such as harmony, peace, and prudence, were created by Dietrich Jürgen Boy They have been in the St. Anne's Museum since 1984. On the Puppet Bridge, you only see replicas of the precious statues.
That there is a continuation of the verse is, incidentally, largely unknown.
Next to it on the bridge, there stands a lady made of stone;
she sees the elongated back and doesn't find it pleasant at all.
She has seen it for a hundred years, and if she weren't mute
, she would have long since said: "Hey Mercury, turn around!"
