Statues in Germany

A statue dedicated to the antihero of the Nibelung legend.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

A beloved street vendor is memorialized outside a German train station.

A statue of Vladimir Illyich Lenin guards this abandoned building in the "Forbidden City."

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

The monument honors the first (and for a long time, only) African-born philosopher to teach at a German university.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

This strange sculpture is an enigmatic icon of this medieval German town.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

This mysterious pig iron pillar does not rust, despite being weathered by the elements for centuries.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.