Kanopkeberg
The Kanopkeberg or Konopkaberg is a sandy elevation southeast of Węgorzewo ( Eng . Angerburg). It lies between the Jägerhöhe, on which the Jägerhöhe cemetery is located, and the Galgenberg. Today there is a Soviet military cemetery from the time of the Second World War on the wooded peak.
Say of the devil on the Kanopkeberg
The mountain became famous because of its legend:
1st variant
According to legend, the devil is said to have lived on the mountain. The innkeeper Kanopka from Ogonken / Schwenten (the inn in pl. Oganki on the other side of the mountain actually existed) had an angry wife who could even command the devil. In winter the devil paradoxically had to drive her over the snowy mountain in a wagon, in summer he had to pull her in a sleigh. That became too much even for the Lord of Hell and he and the husband planned to get rid of Ms. Kanopka. As a reward, the devil should get two annual harvests from the land of the innkeeper at Schwenzaitsee : once the harvest below the ground and once above the ground. The devil then invited Mrs. Kanopka to a summer sleigh ride over the mountain. But he had previously dug a pit and camouflaged it with branches, leaves and earth. In this he tipped the sledge together with the evil woman. Immediately the devil and the husband shoveled up the hole and buried her alive. When the devil wanted to collect the underground agricultural crop in the first year, Kanopka had grown wheat. The devil insisted that for the next year he would receive what ripens above the earth. But the next year Kanopka had planted potatoes, so the devil went empty-handed again. Like all legends, there are of course variations:
2nd variant
One evening the farmer Konopka went with a spade from Angerburg to Ogonken, where he lived. At the top of the mountain he saw a man pulling a sleigh with an old woman. When he came closer and spoke to him, he said: "I am the devil and as punishment for my pranks I have to drag this old woman over the mountain for the rest of her life. So be so good and help me to shed the burden. Dig with you Put a hole in your spade and when I'm back I'll throw the old woman in. You'll have to dig her quickly. " Konopka, who thought the old woman was a witch, promised to help the devil and did so. Then the devil had no money to pay him, he said it: "I am now in the castle Angerburg haunt Just register there and say you could call me capture demand for your service 100 Thaler Then I'll in... Castle Steinort ( pl. Sztynort ) and there you demand 200 thalers. You have to be satisfied with this money, otherwise it will be bad for you. " Konopka did as he was advised and pocketed the 300 thaler. After a year the devil was up to mischief in the Berlin City Palace and the Count von Lehndorff immediately recommended Kanopka's services to the king. The latter, mindful of the warning, initially resisted, but then had to go to the king. There he asked for three days to think about it. As he pensively strolled through the streets of Berlin, he suddenly saw a woman who looked very much like the old woman on the mountain. He invited them into the castle and when it was midnight and the devil began to rumble, he grabbed the woman, threw her at the feet of the prince of hell and said: "I dug up the old woman again for you!" The devil was so frightened, that he trembled and pleaded: "Take her from me and I will never show myself here again!" So Konopka was able to banish the devil in the Berlin Palace and was rewarded princely by the king.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dietmar Sauermann : My way to school. Memories 1925–1975. ISBN 978-3-8309-1847-9 , pp. 70-71
- ^ Prussian General of July 7, 1951
literature
- Dietmar Sauermann : My way to school. Memories 1925–1975. ISBN 978-3-8309-1847-9 .
- Thomas Urban: Poland: Portrait of a Neighbor. Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-406-63326-3 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 11 ′ 45.2 ″ N , 21 ° 46 ′ 11.3 ″ E