Münchner Kindl Pewter Wilhelm Schweizer

$28

Muenchner Kindl
Münchner Kindl
Munchner Kindl
  
Size:
2-1/2" tall
6 cm tall

History

This symbol has been the coat-of-arms of Munich since the 13th century.

The figure portrayed was originally a monk (or friar) holding a book, but by the 16th century it evolved in different portrayals into the figure of a small child wearing a pointed hood, often shown holding a beer mug and a radish.

It has been theorized that the name for the city of Munich (München in German) comes from the term "Kloster von Mönchen" or "Cloister for Monks" due to the Imperial Abbey of Tegernsee--a Benedictine Monastery near which the original town of Munich was built.

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