Editha and the bouquet of May flowers
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The legend of Editha and the bouquet of May flowers takes place in the times of Otto the Great in Magdeburg , when his wife Queen Editha was staying in the royal palace. In her early days as Queen Editha found it difficult to understand the Saxon language in all its diversity. But soon many Magdeburg residents turned to the queen, who was considered a benevolent ruler, with petitions.
legend
Queen Editha often went over from the royal court to the new flourishing city, where she saw a blond-haired girl who was picking the first lilies of the year in his garden on Grosse Junkerstrasse. At her call, the girl approached Editha and presented her with a bouquet of flowers. Editha, delighted with the bouquet, gave the girl one of her rings with the words Take this ring as thanks! And if you ever get into great need, come to me in the courtyard, show me the ring, and I'll help you! .
A few years later the girl's father, an old weaver, fell ill. The family's money was almost gone. The debts grew so that the creditors wanted to push the family out of the house. The now young woman thought of the queen's ring and her promise and finally decided to go to the royal court. The guards recognized the ring and let the young woman up to Editha. The queen remembered the girl with the bouquet of lilies of the valley with delight. When she found out about the plight, she had the debtors paid off and presented the young woman and her father with rich presents. After his father had recovered, he built a new house at 13 Grosse Junkerstrasse. There was only one word on the sign above the entrance: May flower .
background
The Große Junkerstraße was an extension of the Jakobstraße, which leads past the Magdeburg town hall on the west side . Grosse Junkerstrasse connected the town hall with the monastery of Our Dear Women . The Alleecenter is now at the point where the street led along.