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Europe - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1997 - 80 Pfennig

Designer: Professor Ernst Kößlinger

Europe - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1997 - 80 Pfennig


Theme: Animals
CountryGermany / Federal Republic of Germany
Issue Date1997
Face Value80.00 
Colorgrey white
PerforationK 13 3/4
Printing TypeMulticolor offset printing
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1788
Chronological ChapterGER-BRD
SID173141
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For the European stamps, the fairytale "Der Fischer und seine Frau", which originated from the Low German, was chosen. The brothers Grimm owe this to the notes of Philipp Otto Runge. the second motif shows the roaring demon from the Giant Mountains called "Rübezahl". The story "The Fisherman and his Wife" is about a poor fisherman who one day has a haunted prince in the guise of a butt, and releases him at his request. When he tells his wife Ilsebill about the strange event, she persuades her husband to ask the fish for a better dwelling. Reluctantly the fisherman lures with the verse: Mandje! Mandje! Timpe Te! Buttje! Buttje in the lake! Mine Fru, de Ilsebill, does not want to bring the butt to you like that. When this wish was fulfilled, their wishes become more and more excessive. After becoming king, emperor, and even pope, she wants to be in her megalomania like God. Then the fish banishes her back to her miserable habitation. (Text: Dr. Renate Hilsenbeck, Nuremberg)

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For the European stamps, the fairytale "Der Fischer und seine Frau", which originated from the Low German, was chosen. The brothers Grimm owe this to the notes of Philipp Otto Runge. the second motif shows the roaring demon from the Giant Mountains called "Rübezahl". The story "The Fisherman and his Wife" is about a poor fisherman who one day has a haunted prince in the guise of a butt, and releases him at his request. When he tells his wife Ilsebill about the strange event, she persuades her husband to ask the fish for a better dwelling. Reluctantly the fisherman lures with the verse: Mandje! Mandje! Timpe Te! Buttje! Buttje in the lake! Mine Fru, de Ilsebill, does not want to bring the butt to you like that. When this wish was fulfilled, their wishes become more and more excessive. After becoming king, emperor, and even pope, she wants to be in her megalomania like God. Then the fish banishes her back to her miserable habitation. (Text: Dr. Renate Hilsenbeck, Nuremberg).