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King Laurin & the Rose Garden
Deep in the Dolomites, high above the Vinschgau valley, there once ruled the mighty dwarf king Laurin. In his underground palace he hoarded countless treasures — but his greatest pride was his rose garden.
Anyone who picked even a single rose was punished: with the loss of his right hand and left foot.
When the hero Dietrich von Bern and his retinue approached, battle broke out. Laurin had a cloak of invisibility and a belt of twelve men's strength — but Dietrich's cunning overcame even this magic.
In anger, Laurin cursed his garden — but forgot the evening glow. And so the Dolomites glow red every evening: Laurin's eternally burning rose garden.
The Wayside Cross of Lichtenberg (1799)
In the turmoil of 1799, when French troops were marching through the Vinschgau, an event unfolded on the slopes below Schloss Lichtenberg that long remained in local memory.
A simple farmer refused to hand over his last grain. As a warning, soldiers knocked down a wooden wayside cross — a sign of faith that had stood there for generations.
But that very night the farmer saw a strange light at the spot. The next morning the cross stood upright again — as if it had raised itself.
A new cross was erected and stands at that spot to this day — a sign that faith is stronger than any violence.
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