The Lutkis in Sellessen and Lower Lusatia
The Lutkis are a people that was particularly common in Lusatia.
These were little people who once lived on the surface of the earth.
It is said that with the advent of Christianity and the repeated ringing of bells,
church towers, it became too loud for the Lutkis on the surface of the earth and they fled into the interior of the earth, hid themselves in the mountains and guarded their treasures there.
Some say the Lutkis were about the size of a mouse, and others say they were about the size of a one-year-old child.
Whether the size of a mouse or a child, they always kicked people
friendly. Again and again they came out of their hiding places into the villages and borrowed bread, milk or work utensils.
As a reward, residents received small gifts ranging from , lutki bread to silver, gold and precious stones.
The Lutkis were masters of all crafts.
Their main occupation consisted of making vessels from a mixture of clay and loam and then drying them in the sun.
The soil on which Sellessen was built was very ferrous, which is how the village name came about.
Sellessen comes from the Wendish "selesna/selesno" and means something like "iron".
On the other hand, the soil here is very loamy, so it is not very unlikely that the Lutkis lived in the mountains and made their urns from the Sellessen clay.
Perhaps there is still a treasure of silver, gold and precious stones hidden in our mountains.
But how does the saying go? - A legend is a story about extraordinary events, but there may also be a spark of truth in it.