(FHS01) [EN] Frau Hitt
Frau Hitt – A saga around Innsbruck
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In ancient times, when the valley around Innsbruck was still inhabited by giants, the giant queen Mrs Hitt lived there. She ruled over a large empire of fertile fields and forests. Her palace stood on the very spot where Innsbruck was later to be built down in the valley. |
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But she was arrogant and hard-hearted. All her subjects feared her. One day, as Mrs Hitt was riding through her kingdom on her horse, a beggar woman approached her with her child. |
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The poor woman begged the mistress to give her a piece of bread for her child. Mrs Hitt laughed maliciously, broke a stone out of the rock and handed it to the beggar woman as bread. |
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The beggar woman dropped the stone to the ground and shouted in anger: "Your heart is as hard as stone, and you shall turn to stone!". |
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Then the sky darkened, there was lightning and thunder. Mrs Hitt wanted to spur her horse on, but it stood still, petrified. |
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Her face became dark and pale, her body rough, grey and hard. Rocks stretched out beneath her and lifted her up to the lonely heights. |
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When the sky cleared again, the flourishing realm of the Giant Queen had become a stony wilderness. The beggar woman's curse had been fulfilled: |
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Mrs Hitt had been transformed into a grey rock figure. With a little imagination, you can recognise a rider on a horse. Since then, she has been enthroned as a stone memorial for all time on the Nordkette high above Innsbruck. |
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[ Frau Hitt – Foto: Wikipedia ] |
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See panoramic picture Nordkette with Frau Hitt |
