Hey mommy,
how was your sunday? Was it as nice and sunny as here? We had sun all day long and it was very very warm. Julia said it's to warm for november, but I like the weather. And because the weather was so nice and Hanni will leave us tomorrow we took a trip to the Kottmar. That's a mountain near Kottmarsdorf... yeah as the name said!
Yes it's warm here, but we still have autumn and so the wood looks like this. I had so much fun playing in the leaves together with Hanni, but then Julia told us, we will see a real special sight. And then I saw a sign!
We went to the Spreefountain! How cool is that? But befor we saw the fountain we had to walk a little bit through the wood.
And this is it... the fountain of the Spree. There we took a little rest and watch around. So I found a sign which told me the legend of Spreefountain.
Together with Hanni we tried to translate the legend into english and here is the legend.
Here, where today the spree-fountain is, were many, many years ago moss covered rock and huge meadows. This was the home of the gnom Gerbod. Many little elfes saved the water wealth of the Kottmar and tease Gerbod with her singing. But the laugh of the gnom banish the elfes forever. Gerbod got mad and throw a spear. This spear drilled into the earth and made a new fountain. The little creek joint soon the Spree and the village Gersdorf was build there.
Oh and mommy, mommy... I also found the gnom! But can you find me on the picture. I realized again... I'm a very tiny bear! I'm smaller than a gnom, that's funny!
We walked on and found another legend. This was the legend of the wolveholes.
Many centurys ago the Kottmar was a impenetrable wood, with dark holes where bears and wolves lived.
The villagers were afraid of this animals, who threaten the people. So the villagers dig holes all around the Kottmar-mountain and covered them with rods to made ´traps for the villains.
So the wild animals wheren’t a danger for the villagers and the people in the villages had peace again.
Julia told me, in the region are wolves again, but I don't have to be affraid, they aren't dangerous for human. Only the farmers have problems with the wolves because the catch their sheeps. There are many discussions around the wolves here, because the farmers are mad, but they get compensation if a wolve caught a sheep or causes other damages.
This is one of such wolveholes... can you see me?
Hanni was a little bit affraid she will fall in such a trap, but I wasn't affraid. As I said... I'm a tiny bear!
And last but not least we found another legend. It was the legend of the crystal coffin at the Kottmar.
In the wood of the Kottmar at Kottmarsdorf, near Löbau you can find in the morning a rock with a indentation, which was sometimes a door. Sometimes it should still appear today. In this rock there should lay a beautifull girl, named Mirinda in a crytsal coffin.
The only sign, which shows her body lays here are three little flames, which hopping around the rock in the evening.
We also found Mirinda, she is so beautifull and I was so curious I wanted to look at the little flames, but Julia said we will never find out of the wood in the dark. So we went back home, drank coffee and now we watch "X-Men"!
Tomorrow, Hanni told me, we have to say "Good Bye" to her. She will go on her own journey... I hope she has a nice travel!
So mommy, this was my wonderfull sunday, I hope yours was as much nice as mine.
Have a nice week!
Love
Pink Bear