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{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Bronze statue ''Der Tödde von Hopsten'' (''The Merchant of Hopsten''), a work of Janischowsky & Partner (2003), at BürgerHaus Veerkamp in Hopsten, Kreis Steinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.}}