The Cimbria Bull

About

At Vesterbro near the busy shopping streets, stands the trademark of Aalborg. The Cimbrian bull symbolises the strength of Aalborg and Vendsyssel. It stands on its pedestal high above the traffic as a symbol of the Cimbrians' zest for life and their call for foreign places. On the pedestal, Johannes V. Jensen's tribute poem to the Cimbrians is engraved. The famous Danish writer and later Nobel Prize winner, was present at the revelation of the sculpture baack in April 14th 1937 where he read the poem out loud. The bull is one of the greatest works of the sculptor Anders J. Bundgaard. The work was paid by "De danske Spritfabrikker" (The Danish Distilleries) and the bull is placed on a historical ground since this was where the old distillery was placed until it was closed down in 1931. The early and rough design for the sculpture, of which there is a model in Bundgaards Museum in Tingbaek limestone mine, was made by architect Alf. Cock-Clausen. The drawings were at put in the pedestal along with with the foundation stone document and dr. phil Johannes Brondsted's expose of the Cimbrian expedition.