Totenhöhe Schwedenstein

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Under Charlemagne, a battle is said to have raged here during the Saxon Wars (772-804) between the Franks and the neighboring pagan Saxons.

At the end of the Thirty Years War, on November 20, 1646, the imperial troops under the Hessian-Darmstadt count Eberstein, who had occupied Frankenberg belonging to Hesse-Darmstadt at that time, were defeated in a battle by troops under the Hessian-Kassel General Geyso and the Swedish General Löwenhaupt. A commemorative stone, known as the “Swedish Stone,” marked with the date “20.11.1646,” serves as a reminder of this event.

Several legends tell of battles on the Death Height. Thus, a Swedish general is said to rise from his grave on his horse in full armor at midnight every seven years and can only be seen by Sunday children.

The traffic and beautification association Frankenberg, in cooperation with the branch association Frankenberg of the Upper Hessian Mountain Association, erected this hut in 1932 for the protection of visitors and hikers.