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title: "Skulptur \"Esel und Mönch\""
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description: "The sculpture \"Donkey and Monk\" was erected on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of the village of Bücken. The object refers to the legend of how the village got its name.Where the donkey once bent down... Bücken collegiate churchAccording to legend, some monks who were commissioned to determine the location of a new church in the Hoya region in 1050 asked God for a sign. They wanted to build the church where the donkey they had brought with them would bend down and settle. But when the animal wanted to settle down in the \"Wüsteney\", they moved it on until it bent down at the place where the collegiate church stands today - in the middle of the parish of Bücken. The \"Cathedral of the Hoyaer Land\" with its impressive 52-metre-high double-tower façade is home to magnificent art treasures."
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Skulptur "Esel und Mönch"
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- Sculpture

A sculpture of a monk riding a crouching donkey in the middle of a paved square surrounded by trees.

A sculpture of a monk riding a donkey, surrounded by trees and red-brick buildings.

A man on a bicycle poses next to a bronze sculpture of a monk riding a donkey in the park.

Frijo Müller-Belecke, 1982, bronze

 The sculpture "Donkey and Monk" was erected on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of the village of Bücken. The object refers to the legend of how the village got its name.

**Where the donkey once bent down... Bücken collegiate church**
According to legend, some monks who were commissioned to determine the location of a new church in the Hoya region in 1050 asked God for a sign. They wanted to build the church where the donkey they had brought with them would bend down and settle. But when the animal wanted to settle down in the "Wüsteney", they moved it on until it bent down at the place where the collegiate church stands today - in the middle of the parish of Bücken. The "Cathedral of the Hoyaer Land" with its impressive 52-metre-high double-tower façade is home to magnificent art treasures. 

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