Lindener Butjer

Since April 2022, it has been located in a public space along the Stephanusstraße in the Linden-Limmer borough of Hanover.

The inhabitants of Hanover originally used the term Butjer as an insult referring to uninvited guests from what was then the suburbs of the city, or 'people who came in from outside.'

[1][2] In 1990, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Lindener Volksbank the bank erected the Lindener Butjer sculpture in front of its headquarters in honor of the borough - "even if a true Butjer does not bow to capital.

"[3] The work of art shows a typical working-class boy climbing on a red painted steel scaffold, wearing a peaked cap and smiling, looking down at the viewer from above.

Depending on the point of view, a white painted firewall with the colorful inscription Living Linden can be seen in the background, referring to the Living Linden Association, which "aims to promote the connection between the citizens and the district.