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Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Fockbek

Aalversupers Brunnen - The eel waterer

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Fockbek

Aalversupers Brunnen - The eel waterer

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Aalversupers Brunnen - The eel waterer

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Location: Fockbek, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Tom Pfrey

July 23, 2018

The story of the eel super

Fockbek's legend is about Aalversupen (Low German for eel drowning or eel drowning). According to the story, the villagers wanted to breed herrings in Lake Fockbek, for which they poured salted herrings they had bought at the Rendsburg market into the lake. The following year, when they drained the lake water to reap the fruits of their efforts, they found not a single herring left, only an eel lounging in the mud. The Fockbekers concluded that this eel had eaten all the herrings. In the course of deliberations about the cruelest possible punishment for the "malefactor", a villager who had once almost drowned advocated drowning the eel (Low German: versupen). No sooner said than done: As soon as the lake was filled again, the eel was thrown into the water at the deepest point. As he struggled in the water, the people of Fockbek commented: "Look at how he's struggling!" and "He's drowning! He's drowning!"; in Low German: "He versupt! He versupt!", hence "De Aalversuper". To remember the spot where they drowned the eel, they made a notch on the corresponding side of the boat. This mocking story was allegedly invented by the residents of the neighboring town of Rendsburg and was intended to reflect the simplicity of the residents of the neighboring western village. Ultimately, the cause was disputes over fishing rights.
Source: Fockbek.de

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JR56

November 4, 2018

The beautiful fountain is centrally located in the town. Every real Fockbeker has been here and everyone knows the legend of the eel super.

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Maik

June 26, 2021

Great and worth seeing maypole.

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Location: Fockbek, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Aalversupers Brunnen - The eel waterer

1. Rendsburg Market Square – Eider Bridge loop from Rendsburg

2. Eider Bridge Nübbel – Scenic Forest Cycle Path loop from Rendsburg

3. Hohner Lake – Stork Village Bergenhusen loop from Meggerholm

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