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The legend of the
"Liechtensteinklamm"
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The
blacksmith of Oberarl, in the Plankenau area of St. Johann,
had promised his crippled daughter to the devil if the devil
would deliver the famous Gastein hot springs to his
doorstep. The deal would have to be completed before the
rooster crowed in the morning. The devil agreed and went to
work in the dark of night. However, the blacksmith’s wife,
a sly old woman, found out about the deal. To put an end to
her husband’s boundless greed, she dunked the rooster into
the drinking trough, causing it to crow before daybreak. The
devil, who was at that moment flying through the Klamm with
the hot springs, heard the rooster crow at Oberarl and
realized he was too late.
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Filled with rage, he threw the hot springs into the Klamm
where no human being would ever find them again. Indeed, to
this day, no one has been able to capture the healing waters
and pipe them out of the gorge.
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The
Warm Springs in the Liechtensteinklamm
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From
a publication commemorating the 60th anniversary
of the Liechtensteinklamm
Simerl
Berger of Reinbach
A spring in the Klamm did find
To rival the famous Gastein ones
If lack of heat you don’t mind.
Its healing powers don’t doubt -
Just listen to Aberl Louis brag
How it cured his rashes and gout -
And that’s what our history book says!
Text
and illustrations reprinted from the book
“Das Geheimnis der Liechtensteinklamm”
by Walter Mooslechner
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