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Sandmann Memorial (Ernst Köhler's Grave)

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    September 29, 2019

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    Somewhat off the path you will find the grave of the so-called "sandman" Ernst Köhler. This was mentally handicapped and - after being teased and made drunk while visiting an inn in Wernitzgrün - hanged himself here in the forest. The next day he was found by a passerby and buried there.

    At this point you will find the grave and a notice board that describes the life and death of the Sandman.
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    April 14, 2025

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    Grave of the Sandman (sand trader) Ernst Köhler, who hanged himself here on June 20, 1922.
    The mentally disabled Köhler was often mocked and teased by those around him, including on June 19, 1922, the day of his presumed death, when he had stopped at the Wernitzgrün Inn. They went to extreme lengths that day, getting him drunk and ultimately disfiguring his hair to such an extent that the desperate man hanged himself on the Kammweg trail on his way home.


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    Location: Markneukirchen, Vogtlandkreis, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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