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Willi-Ostermann-Brunnen

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👍 This memorial fountain was created as a memorial to Willi Ostermann, a German lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs, sometimes about Cologne. There seems to be two memorials to Willi Ostermann. One which is rather nondescript by on the north side of the square and fallen into disrepair. Th... People often mention Ostermann, Cologne, fountain, Willi, songs, beautiful, quiet, small, Platz, Heumarkt,


Address

50667 Cologne, Germany

Website

www.denkmalplatz.de

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4.60 (75 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: Open 24 hours
  • Wednesday: Open 24 hours
  • Thursday: Open 24 hours
  • Friday: Open 24 hours
  • Saturday: Open 24 hours
  • Sunday: Open 24 hours
  • Monday: Open 24 hours

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: Ostermann (20) Cologne (15) fountain (13) Willi (10) songs (8) beautiful (8) quiet (8) small (6) Platz (6) Heumarkt (6)
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  • 4/5 macedonboy 4 years ago on Google • 2261 reviews
    This memorial fountain was created as a memorial to Willi Ostermann, a German lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs, sometimes about Cologne. There seems to be two memorials to Willi Ostermann. One which is rather nondescript by on the north side of the square and fallen into disrepair. The more significant one dominates the small square and features a large rock around which is carved semi-relief sculptures of characters from his songs. I suspect you'd have to be a fan to identify any of them. Regardless, the memorial is well executed ensemble of caricatures of individuals from all walks of life. All the characters are carved larger than life, much like Willi Ostermann and his song characters. Worth a look if in the old fish market area.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 G L L. 4 years ago on Google • 2052 reviews
    People ask why I stay places so long. I wanderer. I was walking and there was a small alley that opened into a small Plaza with this beautiful fountain and tree. I would have never seen it. These small plazas are like my grandma's yard swing.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Karl-Heinz G. 1 year ago on Google • 751 reviews
    A very nice place and quiet place, far away from the rain in the old town.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gingo L. 1 year ago on Google • 519 reviews
    Great story
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ramon B. 6 months ago on Google • 504 reviews
    A good shady corner
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 KaijuFilou 6 months ago on Google • 282 reviews
    Great monument to the artist
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Ulrich M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Small and hidden. In the cold season, a quiet spot. (Original) Klein und versteckt. In der kalten Jahreszeit ein ruhiges Plätzchen.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Francisco N. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Great hidden corner (Original) Estupendo rincón escondido
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nina 1 year ago on Google • 9 reviews
    A place of longing for me: when I think of my home If the cathedral doesn't make sense, I'd like to swing the tireck on home. When it gets too much for me again in the Zwinglian city of Zurich, I think of Willi Ostermann's songs. That can only make your heart swell...
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Harald W. 7 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Really worth seeing .... (Original) Wirklich sehenswert....
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Peter Van R. 1 year ago on Google • 996 reviews
    The Ostermann Fountain, completed in 1939, is located on the Ostermann platz in the old town of Cologne. The fountain figures are reminiscent of the songs of the Cologne songwriter and singer Willi Ostermann (1876 - 1936), Cologne's greatest local singer. His songs are still an integral part of today's carnival, the most famous pieces being songs like "Däm Schmitz sind frau Eß durchjeburnt", "Einmal am Rhein" and of course the Cologne national anthem "Homesickness for Cologne".

  • 4/5 F. N. 3 months ago on Google • 617 reviews New
    Cute small fountain statue.

  • 4/5 Fabio Da R. 1 year ago on Google • 374 reviews
    Fountain dedicated to Willy Ostermann, composer and singer of folk and carnival songs from Cologne, completed in 1939.

  • 5/5 Vissa-Family 4 years ago on Google • 373 reviews
    A great fountain in a great place

  • 4/5 Bärbel K. 9 months ago on Google • 249 reviews
    A visit to a brewery in Cologne is always worth it

  • 5/5 S. D. 1 year ago on Google • 241 reviews
    I had never walked through Kastellsgässchen. A real discovery! You come to the beautiful inner courtyard with the Willi Ostermann fountain. Really idyllic. A little insider tip for photos.

  • 5/5 Kiko 1 year ago on Google • 144 reviews
    Nice little spot in the middle of the city if you just want some peace and quiet

  • 5/5 Marco G. 1 year ago on Google • 101 reviews
    Beautiful, quiet corner in Cologne's old town with nice restaurants and a seating wall. No sound comes here except the babbling of the fountain

  • 5/5 Григорий �. 6 months ago on Google • 65 reviews
    You’re walking along and out of the corner of your eye you notice something interesting. And yet, yes - a very unusual and interesting fountain. It is located, however, cunningly. You need to pass the “12 Apostles” restaurant and take a closer look between the houses: a small passage between them and there you go. There is a cafe and attraction in the courtyard. Pleasant and unexpected. Find it. At least for myself.

  • 5/5 Carsten 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The Ostermann fountain is located in the beautiful inner courtyard (Original) Im schönen Innenhof steht der Ostermann Brunnen

  • 5/5 Wolfgang D. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is quiet, you can hear the splashing of water and is friendly if you want to drink a soda. There are enough restaurants. (Original) Es ist ruhig,man hört das Wasser plätschern und wird freundlich bedient falls man eine Limo trinken möchte. Restaurants gibt's genug.

  • 5/5 Wolfgang H. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Cologne melancholy, Cologne soul, Cologne music by the old master Ostermann, the most beautiful place, the place for great feelings of home. "I would like to Fooss noh Kölle jonn" (Original) Kölsche Melancholie, kölsche Seele, kölsche Musik des Altmeister Ostermann, der schönste Platz, der Ort für große Heimatgefühle. "Ich mööch zo Fooss noh Kölle jonn"

  • 5/5 Tom Van Der S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A lovely quiet courtyard, which I happened to walk into, with a (rightly!) Monument to local composer Willi Ostermann, under a beautiful tree. Wonderful resting point in the middle of the hustle and bustle of dynamic Kölle. It took me back to the fifties, and the songs of Ostermann that I learned in Dutch Limburg from my mother, which she herself had learned through tradition (across the border) in the twenties and thirties. I still sing them, now in Amsterdam. (Original) Een heerlijk rustig binnenplaatsje, dat ik toevallig binnenliep, met een (terecht !) monument voor lokale componist Willi Ostermann, onder een prachtige boom. Heerlijk rustpunt midden in de drukte van dynamisch Kölle. Het bracht me even terug naar de vijftiger jaren, en de liedjes van Ostermann die ik in Nederlands Limburg leerde van mijn moeder, die zij zelf via overlevering (over de grens) in de twintiger en dertiger jaren had geleerd. Ik zing ze nog steeds, nu in Amsterdam.

  • 5/5 Guido S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Such an idyllic place in full Cologne. This beautiful courtyard with the great Osterman fountain, the beautiful trees and the nice gastronomy you can forget the big city stress. Here you can have a really good time. A must visit in Cologne (Original) Ein so idyllischer Ort im vollen Köln. Dieser schöne Innenhof mit dem tollen Ostermanbrunnen dem wunderschönen Bäumen und der netten Gastronomie kann man den Großstadt Stress vergessen. Hier kann man es sich richtig gut gehen lassen. Ein must visit in Köln

  • 5/5 Chris M. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The Willy Ostermann fountain on Ostermannplatz shows people from Cologne and is a backyard not necessarily easy to find with my pictures I hope to be able to help you have a lot of fun and in the old town of Cologne. Greetings from the Bergisch. The Pfaffen brewery exit is the way to the Heumarkt, the exit at the backdrop is the Heumarkt and the thermal bath exit is great for St. Martin and Tünnes and Schäl. (Original) Der Willy Ostermann Brunnen am Ostermannplatz zeigt Menschen aus Köln und ist ein Hinterhof nicht unbedingt schnell zu finden mit meinen Bildern hoffe ich helfen zu können viel Spaß beim finden und in der Altstadt von Köln. Gruß aus dem Bergischen. Ausgang Pfaffen Brauerei ist der Weg zum Heumarkt Ausgang bei der Kulisse geht es zum Heumarkt und Ausgang Therme geht es groß St. Martin und zum Tünnes und Schäl.

  • 5/5 Frank L. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice place (Original) Schöner Platz

  • 5/5 Victor S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Public square with enclosed garden aspect! Very enjoyable! (Original) Praça pública com aspecto de jardim fechado! Muito agradável!

  • 4/5 Lebhanagh 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Will be back soon. On 28.02. begins with Weiberfastnacht the street carnival in Cologne! Three times Kölle Alaaf !!! (Original) Ist ja bald wieder soweit. Am 28.02. beginnt mit Weiberfastnacht der Strassenkarneval in Köln! Dreimal Kölle Alaaf!!!

  • 5/5 Christian B. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Quiet, with flair (Original) Ruhig, mit Flair

  • 5/5 Markus D. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A quiet backyard next to the farm Heumarkt. (Original) Ein ruhiger Hinterhof direkt neben dem Betriebsamen Heumarkt.

  • 5/5 freezer 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) You should have seen it (Original) Muss man gesehen haben

  • 5/5 Jürgen F. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice romantic place (Original) Schöner romantischer Platz

  • 5/5 Football T. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) a beautiful beauty (Original) eine wunder schöne statur

  • 5/5 Uwe A. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very nice corner (Original) Sehr schöne Ecke

  • 4/5 Regina F. 3 years ago on Google
    In der Altstadt von Köln gemütlich draußen was trinken. Super dort.

  • 5/5 Michaela D. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice place with good restaurants in the area (Original) Schöner Ort mit guten Gaststätten im Umkreis

  • 4/5 Chris P. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) In the middle of the city, but still no rear tick. You can just enjoy it there. (Original) Mitten in der Stadt, aber dennoch keine Hecktick. Man kann es dort einfach nur genießen.

  • 5/5 Sascha H. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful enchanted place ? (Original) Wunderschöner verwunschener Ort ?

  • 5/5 Ute 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Monument fountain for the composer Willi Ostermann. (Original) Denkmal Brunnen für den Komponisten Willi Ostermann.

  • 4/5 Thorsten S. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A place of rest worth seeing and experiencing (Original) Sehens- und erlebenwerter Ruhepol

  • 5/5 Björn Z. 7 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful fountain on a cozy place in the middle of Kölle! It used to be here on 11.11. the session opens. (Original) Wunderschöner Brunnen auf einem gemütlichen Platz mitten in Kölle! Früher wurde hier am 11.11. die Session eröffnet.

  • 5/5 Petra B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Wonderful quiet place to stay (Original) Wunderschöner ruhiger Platz zum verweilen

  • 5/5 Ralf B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A nice place to take a break (Original) Ein schöner Ort um eine pause zu machen

  • 5/5 Jürgen W. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Boule pétanque Played here every day (Original) Boule Pétanque Hier wird täglich gespielt

  • 5/5 Harun M. 3 years ago on Google
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  • 5/5 Brigitte B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Bochia (Original) Bochia

  • 5/5 Heribert S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Great place (Original) Super Platz


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