May 1640. The "Thirty Years' War" has been raging for 22 years and the small town of Lichtenhain also fell victim to it, bursting into flames that perished the imperial mercenaries
General Piccolomini one day laid on the houses...
The few residents had fled into the woods when the bawling gang approached.
The old mayor stayed behind. His wife and children had the plague
died and the difficult war years had marked his face: his mine was
rigid, the corners of his mouth turned down and wrinkles furrowed across his brow.
When the bandits set out to plunder his hut, they were caught by him
Old people still asked to do so. They thought they were dealing with a madman with whom they
had fun and asked him to show them his treasures. He promised.
But first he wants the "gentlemen" - as befits a hospitable house
nor entertain with everything that the cellar has to offer and forced the mercenaries to eat where they could
drank copious amounts of the homemade schnapps and the fruit wine. Then when darkness fell and they were the only ones left in the burned village,
the drunken mercenaries became impatient and finally wanted the treasure.
The old man behaved very secretively and said: he would only want him if he had courage
Tunnels show where all residents would have hidden their money. None of the bawling
The pack wanted to stay behind, so they rode back and forth through the night
galloping mayor after.
He jumped with his horse over the deadly abyss of the diabas cliffs, knowing full well that by doing so he was harming the inhabitants of Lichtenhain for the
avenged suffering suffered. The dead were buried at the foot of the cliffs and the rock preserved
from now on with the Lichtenhainers - derived from the plundering Landsknechts
Names "Sweden or Totenstein".