Willy Millowitsch by Raymond Kittl, 1992
Breite Straße
Cologne, September 2024
“Since 2014, the bronze Willy Millowitsch has been sitting as a popular photo motif at Willy-Millowitsch-Platz, where he moved from Eisenmarkt in front of the Hänneschen Theater on April 25, 2014. The approximately 900 square meter square is located between Apostelnstraße, Gertrudenstraße and Breite Straße. The bench on which he sat as a figure for eternity - correctly dressed and with his feet crossed, his forearm resting on the backrest - is part of the monument in the northern old town of Cologne and invites you to sit next to him. Just a few hundred meters away, the Cologne acting family with a history spanning more than 150 years ran their Millowitsch Theater from 1936 to 2018. Willy Millowitsch, who ran the theater until 1998 and was both director and leading actor in numerous plays, is considered the most famous member of the Millowitsch dynasty. As a ‘Cologne original’ he achieved popularity far beyond the borders of Cologne - as an actor in the theater, on television, in movies or as a pop and carnival singer. With performances in standard German - and of course in Cologne dialect.” (Willy Millowitsch, Cologne Tourism)
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