In 1871, a comprehensive poem entitled "The Blacksmith of Mitterteich" was published in Vienna. The artist Engelbert Süß, who comes from Mitterteich, depicted the content of this legend in an impressive bronze sculpture. The sculpture shows the blacksmith fighting with the devil and the spirits of hell that he has in his sack. Death hangs miserably in the apple tree (a symbol of life).
According to the legend, there lived a blacksmith in Mitterteich who sold his soul to the devil so that he could have a wife. By making three cleverly chosen wishes, the blacksmith managed to avoid the devil's pact and save his soul.
The fountain was made according to the artist's designs in the Karl Herrbich art foundry in Gerlinden between 1989 and 1990.

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Westerwälder Waldläufer

July 20, 2021

The artist Engelbert Süß created this fountain. Impressively worked and very nice to look at. You will be amazed at the individual transitions of the sculptures.

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Location: Mitterteich, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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