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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Melsungen

The Bartenwetzer of Melsungen

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Melsungen

The Bartenwetzer of Melsungen

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The Bartenwetzer of Melsungen

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Location: Melsungen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Andrea P

December 11, 2025

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In the Middle Ages, most of Melsungen's citizens earned their living from logging. Every morning, the woodcutters went into the forest with their axes (the Middle High German word for hatchet or hatchet) to cut timber. On the "Axe Sharpener's Bridge," they sharpened their axes on the soft sandstone of the railing. Traces of this activity can still be seen today in the deep, round indentations in the bridge railing.

This practice gave rise to the local nickname "Axe Sharpener" for the inhabitants of Melsungen.

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