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The Legend of the Faithful Woman at Kriebstein Castle

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The Legend of the Faithful Woman at Kriebstein Castle

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The Legend of the Faithful Woman at Kriebstein Castle

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    Location: Kriebstein, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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    August 6, 2024

    What would we be without our women.🤗

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      October 1, 2023

      Finally, the legend “The Faithful Woman of Kriebstein”
      During Carnival in 1415, the knight Dietrich von Staupitz took Kriebstein Castle. The Margrave Frederick the Quarrelsome then besieged the castle. After a long time, the women in Kriebstein Castle in particular couldn't take it anymore. Staupitz's wife asked the Margrave that at least the women should be allowed to leave Kriebstein Castle with the most valuable things they could carry. When Frederick the Brave agreed to this, he was probably thinking of the ladies' jewelry. But when the castle gates opened the next morning, the women carried their men out on their backs. The Margrave was so moved by this cunning act by the loyal women of Kriebstein that he gave life to Dietrich von Staupitz, who actually deserved to die. At Kriebstein Castle you can find out more about the knight Staupitz.
      Source; burg-kriebstein.eu/de/burg-kriebstein/geschichte

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        November 6, 2023

        As far as I know, the castle is only open from March to the end of October. At least that was the case this year (2023).

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          August 21, 2024

          Brilliant and intelligent action by the loyal women, which ultimately led to the end of the siege and pardon. ☝️😇

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            January 21, 2025

            well done and informative

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              November 17, 2024

              Please keep the area clean 👍🏻

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                October 18, 2025

                Back at the museum entrance, we enter the wine cellar.

                The beautiful wall and ceiling paintings surprise us here.

                Built as a vault, the wooden door is one of the oldest in the castle.

                If we come across the legend of the faithful wife of Kriebstein, Knight Dietrich von Staupitz conquered the castle in 1415.
                When it was subsequently besieged, his wife obtained permission for the women to take the most precious things they could carry out of the castle.

                So the next morning, they carried their men out on their backs.
                A beautiful story.



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