Statues in Germany

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians."

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

A horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and locals.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.