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Natural Monuments

Upper Franconia

Landkreis Kulmbach

Mordgraben Memorial Site

Natural Monuments

Upper Franconia

Landkreis Kulmbach

Mordgraben Memorial Site

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Mordgraben Memorial Site

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Naturpark Frankenwald

Location: Marktleugast, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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April 20, 2020

Hiking

According to legend, a hunter was shot here and the accompanying baron was shot by a poacher. This poacher committed suicide shortly afterwards because his sister had a love affair with the baron he had killed.

A small plaque on a stump commemorates the incident, otherwise the place is beautifully located in the Kostertal valley, but rather unspectacular.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

April 20, 2023

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A mysterious place around which many stories are told. The best-known legend says that a poacher shot dead a hunter and his companion, a baron, here. The young poacher was inconsolable about his deed, because his sister and the baron were lovers. The poacher later hanged himself from a tree.

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Wanderwoman🥾🐾🎒

March 29, 2024

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I find such stories simply fascinating and it gives such inconspicuous places a completely different aura

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Elevation 530 m

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Location: Marktleugast, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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