The Griese Monk

Two lonely gray wolves

Nobody knew where they came from, but for some they became the saving angels! ln the Hohe Mark stood in the 14th century
for a short time a convent. Then it became
attacked, the nuns moved to Coesfeld,
the monastery fell into disrepair. In the ruins two strange
contemporaries. One was a man
in a gray robe, a monk, it seemed.
His mate was a tamed wolf
fur as gray as his master's dress. Not far from the monastery ran, next to today's
Granatstraße an old trade route, that of Haltern
via Reken to Bocholt and further. Here it came about that merchants or other travelers
were attacked and plundered by highwaymen.
Some of those who were attacked are said to have tried to escape
to save over the steep wall of the ravine, the "bloody wall"
(or "Red Wall"). Whenever something so outrageous happened, the four-legged one agreed
Wolf began to howl and immediately they both started
on the way to help the injured.
They took the victims to the ruins to nurse them back to health!
The path on which the monk and his companion the
rushed to help those who were attacked is still named after them today. A small memorial has stood there for several years
by a stonemason from Haltern.The two lonely gray wolves deserve our memory of them!

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Maureen & Nilay zu 🥾 & 🚲

February 19, 2022

Here is a memorial stone to the Griese Mönch.

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Location: Haltern am See, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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