Beetle Monuments

Beetle Monument

The monument in 2018.
50°42′41.31″N 22°58′43.83″E
Location	Kościuszko Square, Szczebrzeszyn, Poland
Designer	Zygmunt Jarmuł
Type	Statue
Material	Bronze
Height	2 m
Opening date	23 July 2011

The Beetle Monuments (Polish: Pomniki chrząszcza) are two similar monuments in Szczebrzeszyn, Poland, statues of an amphomorphic beetle wearing a dinner suit and a top hat, and playing on a fiddle. The monuments allude to the Polish tongue twister poem Chrząszcz by Jan Brzechwa, which the town is widely associated with among the Poles. Its first line reads: W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie (translation: In Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reeds).

First monument

The wooden statue of the beetle, unveiled in 2002
50.6908621°N 22.9747933°E / 50.6908621; 22.9747933

In September 2002, at Klukowskiego Street in Szczebrzeszyn, at the foot of the Castle Hill, a statue was unveiled of an amphomorphic beetle playing on a fiddle. It is made from linden wood and placed on a stone pedestal. It has a height of 3 m and width of 1 m. It was created by high school students under the supervision of Zygmunt Jarmuł. It is located at the spring from which the water flows to the nearby Wieprz river.

Second monument

The city of Szczebrzeszyn commissioned Zygmunt Jarmuł to create another statue of a beetle. It was unveiled at Kościuszko Square of Szczebrzeszyn on 23 July 2011. It consists of a bronze statue of an anthropomorphic beetle wearing a dinner suit and a top hat, and playing on a fiddle. It has a height of 2 m.