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Zarrentin am Schaalsee

Devil and Whitefish Statue at Zarrentin Abbey

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Zarrentin am Schaalsee

Devil and Whitefish Statue at Zarrentin Abbey

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Devil and Whitefish Statue at Zarrentin Abbey

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Location: Zarrentin am Schaalsee, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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JR56

July 16, 2022

Although Zarrentin on the Schaalsee is a very quiet and peace-loving place, strange stories surround the body of water.
How the whitefish came to the Schaalsee...the devil with the whitefish reminds us of this.
An abbess from the monastery, so the legend goes, had an appetite for a whitefish dish.
The devil offered to fetch her whitefish from Lake Constance.
He was supposed to be back by midnight and then receive her soul in return.
But as soon as the devil was gone, the abbess's bad conscience gave her no peace and she confided in a nun. She came up with the idea of setting the monastery clock forward an hour. No sooner said than done. When the devil was just above the Schaalsee with his net full of whitefish, the clock struck midnight. Angry that he had missed out on another soul, he hurled the whitefish and net into the lake, where they have lived ever since.

fischhaus-schaalsee.de/der-schaalsee/sagen-legenden

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Moonbeam🌜

April 19, 2025

The following legend surrounds the heraldic animal of the small town of Zarrentin am Schaalsee: "In the Cistercian nunnery, there once lived an abbess who came from Lake Constance, and the tasty whitefish were said to have been her favorite food there. Once, during Lent, in the solitude of Zarrentin, she was so irresistibly overcome by a craving for the long-deprived fish that she called upon the devil and demanded that he bring her some whitefish from Lake Constance. In return, she would pledge her soul to him. However, he had to be back before midnight. The enterprising master of evil agreed and immediately set off. No sooner had he disappeared than the abbess's conscience struck. In her perplexity, she called the convent of nuns together and remorsefully confessed her transgression. Then one of the nuns stood up, calmed the pious mother, climbed the tower, and set the clock forward one hour. It was now 11:00 p.m., and the devil was with his fish above Techin. Then the Zarrentin monastery clock struck twelve thunderous strokes. In his rage, the devil threw the whitefish into the Schaalsee. This is how these fish, which have made the Schaalsee so famous among gourmets, are caught there today.
Source: schaalsee-angler.de/ausflug/geschichte-der-mar-ne

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AM & Max 🙋🏻‍♀️

May 4, 2023

A nice story of how the devil was once again fooled and since then the vendace have been swimming in the Schaalsee.

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