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Stone Horse

Stone Horse

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Stone Horse

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Location: Fuchsmühl, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Rombea

August 31, 2019

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A car that drove from Falkenberg Castle to Weissenstein Castle was so heavily laden that the horses could barely pull it. At some point the tired horses stopped exhausted and the wagon slowly sank into the mud. "God damn me," yelled the carter. "Let the gel pump turn to stone and sink!" The curse was instantly fulfilled. Even today you can see a petrified horse, cursed by the coachman, lying on the forest floor.

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April 22, 2022

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Loaded with household goods, a chamber wagon once drove from Falkenberg Castle to Weißenstein Castle. It was so heavily loaded that the horses could only pull the load with great …

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

August 15, 2019

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Peculiar rocks north of the Hackelstein.

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Elevation 740 m

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Location: Fuchsmühl, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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