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The Devil at the Crossroads

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    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    August 21, 2024

    1.
    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 "Hangberg". Until a few decades ago, right next to the crossroads there was a large block of sandstone, half sunk into the ground, overgrown with grass and undergrowth. On the side of the path, a post horn of an old, strange shape was carved into the stone. The stone did not bear an inscription, year or coat of arms. A foreign doctor, who had probably traveled a lot, often took the post from Coburg to Lichtenfels. He wore a long, heavy coat, wore a hat with a red grouse feather, spoke little on the journey, but always gave the coachman a generous tip.


    Source: PDF from untersiemau.de/freizeit-kultur/siemauer-sagenwelten/schatzsucherweg/der-teufel-auf-dem-kreuzweg

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      August 21, 2024

      2.
      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 always wanted to get out before the car came to the crossroads. He got back in once he had passed the crossroads. When the passenger got back into the carriage one evening on the way to Coburg at the "Zur Buche" inn in Buch am Forst, where the horses were fed, the servant closed the carriage door behind him very tightly and secretly tied the handle on the outside with a little rope so that the door could not be opened from the inside. When they reached the top and the crossroads and the strange gentleman in the carriage ordered them to stop, the servant acted as if he did not hear, beat the horses and galloped across the crossroads.


      Source: PDF from untersiemau.de/freizeit-kultur/siemauer-sagenwelten/schatzsucherweg/der-teufel-auf-dem-kreuzweg

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        August 21, 2024

        3.
        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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