# Ulmer Spatz

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Content updated: 2026-06-22

Ulmer Spatz is a statue in Ulm, Germany, connected to a local legend about practical ingenuity. Its central image is a small flying sparrow. Its story belongs to the construction of Ulm Minster, when workers faced a problem moving one large beam through the city gate. The timber could not pass through the entrance. That setting ties the statue to Ulm’s stories of building and practical problem-solving.

Workers face a large beam and a city gate. Builders then notice a sparrow flying overhead with a twig in its beak, held lengthwise. The twig points straight along its own length. That detail suggests a solution: turn the beam lengthwise before carrying it through the gate. The workers follow that simple, practical idea. The story passes through generations and gives the bird a wider meaning, representing cleverness and adaptability within Ulm’s cultural identity. The twig remains the clearest detail in the story.

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## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_UlmerSpatz_66f16378efe5be22d1c43260_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ulmer_Spatz_-_panoramio_\(1\).jpg)

Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Ulm. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.

## What is myTuur?

myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.