Killewittchen
Killewittchen is an area west of the Eschweiler district of Hastenrath in the eastern Eschweiler city forest with a path of the same name and an excursion restaurant. The caves there could have been around 8000 BC in the Paleolithic . Have been inhabited; however, this is not certain. Celtic cill 'cave' (cf. also Kaule, Kuhle ) is likely to be hidden in the previously unexplained name .
The legend of the mining dwarves
There is a legend of dwarfs in Killewittchen, who are also referred to as "Killewittchen". Kille Wittchen are mining driving dwarfs or spirits as Gnome , goblins , nickel or Klabauter . In their legend, the prehistoric, especially Celtic and Roman mining and the Roman brass production could live on in the Eschweiler area . The killewittchen are described as extremely helpful and active at night. According to legend, before they finally disappeared, they took along mineral resources - probably valuable calcite .
One of these dwarfs can be found in the coat of arms of the local carnival society "KG Eefelkank" .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 22.7 " N , 6 ° 16 ′ 16.4" E