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Ulm Sparrow
The Ulm Sparrow (Ger. ''Ulmer Spatz'') is a landmark in, and symbol of, the German city of Ulm. According to legend, the inhabitants of Ulm needed a particularly large beam for the construction of Ulm Minster, but could not get it through the city gate. As they were about to tear the gate down, they noticed a sparrow carrying a straw for its nest; which turned it from crosswise to lengthwise in its beak. Realisation dawned on the people of Ulm, who have ever since placed long loads along rather than across their carts. The legend is first recorded in an 1842 poem by Carl Hertzog.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Die Geschichte vom Ulmer Spatz )〕 == The legend's origin == The figure on the nave of Ulm Minster was donated by wealthy citizens. It is not a sparrow, but a dove carrying an olive branch in its beak, as in the biblical story of Noah's Ark. It is small in relation to the building, and only easily visible from the tower. Over time, the inhabitants came to refer to it mockingly as a sparrow, and the legend grew from there.
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