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Natural Monuments

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Cook's Grave

Natural Monuments

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Cook's Grave

Highlight • Historical Site

Cook's Grave

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Location: Probstzella, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

July 25, 2025

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One of the 13 stations on the 5.7-kilometer-long Fairytale Trail features the cook's grave as its theme—albeit not particularly child-friendly. The alleged gravestones are presumably fragments of former boundary stones here on the historic border between Bavaria and Thuringia. The legend, however, is based on a true story: At the end of the 16th century, under the rule of the Knights of Thüna, a cook from Lauenstein Castle was buried alive and then impaled for infanticide. The harsh punishment corresponded to the then-current legal code, the "Sachsenspiegel" (Saxon Mirror) of 1235.

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December 27, 2019

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You also have a good view of Lauenstein Castle

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May 28, 2017

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At the landmark, where the path leads down to Gräfenthal, lies the cook's grave.

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Elevation 660 m

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Location: Probstzella, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

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