The "Schilpenburg" is said to have once stood on a mountain near Manderbach. Six brothers, all hard-hearted knights, had built it.

The Huns had stolen the wives of the five eldest knights while all six of them were themselves on a lengthy raid.

All six then swore never to marry again.

But the youngest brother once freed a girl from the clutches of a wild bear and desired to marry her.

That's why his brothers killed him, who killed each other shortly afterwards in a violent argument, except for the eldest, who buried his brothers in the sour meadow and then moved away.

On thundery nights, the five dead are said to have been seen standing in front of the castle with their spears raised.

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Location: Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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