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Aura im Sinngrund

Hexenstein (Wegscheide)

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Hexenstein (Wegscheide)

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Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Spessart

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    1. Start of Flow Trail Burgsinn – Burgsinn Flow Trail loop from Mottgers

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    January 19, 2021

    The legend of the witch stone

    From my childhood days
    Known from my mother,
    I am familiar with the legend
    The legend of the "witch stone".


    Take middle, castle, skins
    And aura you to the circle,
    In the center the spot
    The legend knows about it.
    Do you want to get to know her
    So listen to my word
    "Wegscheide" is what you call it,
    Four villages border there.
    Here was years and days ago
    The stone is still gray with age,
    To which the legend closes,
    The saga of the "witch stone".


    A spinning wheel and a goat's foot
    He was chiseled:
    So what's the point?
    I once asked my mother.
    She said: A girl of skins,
    As it was once the custom
    Went with the spinner
    Almost a year
    So again one evening
    A terrible weather
    The rain came down hard
    The night was pitch black.
    So with Bas and Cousin
    You just rest for the night,
    In this dog weather
    Don't go home anymore.
    But she did deny this
    I have to go home! She spoke clearly
    And when I have to ride home
    Even on a billy goat.


    Your spinning wheel under your arm
    She went through night and horror
    And free from any harassment
    For furs to home.
    However, as dawn is dawn
    And she's not at home yet
    one was full of worries
    Went out on a search.
    And came in the light of day
    And found at dawn
    All here at this point
    The girl rigid and dead.

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      May 1, 2020

      Wegscheid to Burgsinn, Mittelinn, Aura and Fellen. A short breather possible.

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        July 29, 2020

        Legend has it that here on the Walpurgis Night from 1st to 2nd May witches and ghosts were up to mischief.

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          Elevation 370 m

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          Location: Aura im Sinngrund, Main-Spessart, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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