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Ulmer Kopf
Ulmer skull
also: ulmerkopf
A large-headed pipe or drinking vessel type associated with the city of Ulm in Württemberg; included in Madách's comic list of German cultural achievements (beer, Romanticism, trousers, the Ulmer skull) to deflate German cultural pride.
Reading notes
- The Civilizer §8 he discovered beer, / Romanticism, trousers, the Ulmer skull.
'Ulmer skull' (ulmerkopf) is a type of large-headed pipe or drinking vessel associated with the city of Ulm; the comic list satirizes German cultural pride by reducing it to drink, fashion, and bric-a-brac.