Poplitzer Popelmännchen

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The Poplitzer Popleman is a legendary figure, a goblin or house ghost of Poplitz Castle .

background

Bernhard Friedrich von Krosigk had Poplitz Castle built on the foundation walls of an older building. From the previous building, he had a corner stone with a strange stone figure - popularly known as the Popelmännchen - inserted in the northeast corner of his castle at a height of about six meters.

Legend

The forecast for the construction of the castle was significantly impeded by a goblin who every night partially destroyed the work of the day again. Finally, a man wearing a robe advised the builder to dedicate part of the building to a chapel in order to put an end to the mischief. After this happened and the goblin reappeared, an invisible force hurled it high against the corner pillar and turned it into stone. All attempts to eliminate this strange figure of a climbing cat failed. The construction work now proceeded quickly.

At midnight the goblin, cast in stone, descends and at the witching hour wanders through Poplitz in the form of a small, gray man with fiery eyes and short, crooked legs.

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