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28: 20: 87:, the Fountain of the Seven Lazy Brothers bordering the 1954 rebuild of the house was based on a legend about the sons of a local farmer who were considered lazy as they could find no work in Bremen. After venturing into the wide world for a few years, they returned to the city. With the benefit of experience, they worked in their father's fields, dug drainage ditches and built a dyke next to the 100:
In 1924, Ludwig Roselius acquired a lease for a period of 60 years on the land on Böttcherstraße covering No. 15-19 and later also obtained permission to develop the old packhouses at No. 4-5. He persuaded the authorities to let him build a small colony of shops, studios and apartments there, drawing
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which prevented it from flooding. The citizens finally realized how astute they had been. While the fountain still presents seven lazy figures, the proud, upright statues on the gable above show how hard-working they had been.
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from Münster. The figures of the seven brothers looking proud and far from lazy are said to be a homage to Roselius's ideas. The building today is home to a tea shop, a toy shop and a gift shop.
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association of craftsmen. When it was rebuilt in 1954 the new design was based on a traditional local story.
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coffee-tasting room. The remainder of the building was rebuilt based on the original style in 1954.
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Buildings and structures in Germany destroyed during World War II
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The figures standing on the top of the gable overlooking the
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in the old town was built by the prosperous coffee merchant
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German
Bremen
Böttcherstraße
Ludwig Roselius
Eduard Scotland
Alfred Runge
Deutscher Werkbund
Bernhard Hoetger
Weser
Paula Modersohn-Becker House
stepped gables
dormers
arcades
war
Kaffee HAG
Schütting
Aloys Röhr


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