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North Rhine-Westphalia

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Haltern am See

Griese Monk Memorial

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ruhr Region

Kreis Recklinghausen

Haltern am See

Griese Monk Memorial

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Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Hohe Mark - Westmünsterland

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

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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

Griese Monk Memorial

1. Waldouderheide Nature Trail – Griese Monk Memorial loop from Eppendorf

2. Halterner Witch Beeches – Granatsberg (135 m) loop from Holtwick

3. Griese Monk Memorial – Forest Path at Galgenberg loop from Eppendorf

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