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Otterbock Legend on the Örtze

Otterbock Legend on the Örtze

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Otterbock Legend on the Örtze

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Location: Faßberg, Celle, Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Zimmi

April 2, 2019

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The Otterbuck was probably invented by parents to keep their children from playing in the Örtze. There are many displays along the Örtze with interesting topics on which the Otterbock can be seen.
Information under: oberes-oertzetal.de/59-0-Der-Otterbock-kommt.html

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Moonbeam🌜

July 19, 2023

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Örtze brought people to fantastic stories. Probably to keep their children from playing in the Örtze, parents invented the Otterbock. No one has ever seen him, but anyone who got too close to the water was said to be grabbed by him and dragged under the water. Thanks to this horror story, many a child is said to have been prevented from jumping into the Örtze before they had learned to swim.
Source: lueneburger-heide.de/natur/artikel/16330/geschichte-die-oertze-der-echteste-heidefluss.html

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Rainer & Petra

August 25, 2022

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The Otterbock was probably invented by parents to keep their children from playing in the Örtze.

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Elevation 60 m

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Tuesday 30 June

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