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Tünnes und Schäl
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Perhaps the most famous Cologne figures are Tünnes and Schäl. They never actually existed, but were invented by Johann Christoph Winter (1772-1862), the owner of a puppet theatre. The good-natured but dim Tünnes is constantly being taken in for a ride by the cunning and crafty Schäl. The opposite characters are supposed to say something about the Kölsch spirit and are examples for the lessons in life, no positive examples, though. Both were immortalized as life-size bronze statues by Wolfgang Reuter on the wall of the Haus Em Hanen directly at Alter Markt.
