The Devil at the Wayside Cross
The Devil at the Wayside Cross
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The Devil at the Wayside Cross
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August 21, 2024
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The devil on the crossroads Just below the "Hohwart", the military road crosses a wide forest path that leads from the village of Obersiemau into the forests on the …
•August 21, 2024
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When the car came out of Buch am Forst or Weißenbrunn in the evening and came near Hohenwarte, the stranger always stopped and got out. Strangely enough, the stranger …
•August 21, 2024
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The people of Obersiemau claimed to have heard a horrible scream. The next morning, the mail coach was found in a field not far from the crossroads. It had been broken to pieces. The horses were still alive, but had no hair on their tails. The postilion lay dead in the middle of the crossroads with his neck twisted. That is where he was buried. The stone with the post horn was his tombstone. The stranger was never seen again.
Source: PDF from
untersiemau.de/freizeit-kultur/siemauer-sagenwelten/schatzsucherweg/der-teufel-auf-dem-kreuzweg
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Location: Untersiemau, Landkreis Coburg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany