3 exciting legends from Saalbach Hinterglemm The legends that exist in the Glemmtal valley originate from a time when rules, observations of nature and various stories for reflection were largely passed on orally from one generation to the next.
Even today, people still remember the "stories of yesteryear". Many of them are funny, some are scary and some were told to keep the children in the house at night. In this story, we tell you three exciting legends about the Saalbach Hinterglemm mountains.
"The wild women on the Reiterkogel"
A crevice on the Reiterkogel in Hinterglemm is a reminder of the "White Women". The so-called "Uwe holes" or "Hummi holes "1 were inhabited by wild women. The entrance to the gorge was blocked by an iron door. According to legend, one of the women fetched fresh milk every morning from the nearby pepper farmer. The milk can, which the woman placed on the well, was filled every day. When she came for the last time, she left her footprint on a stone and said in thanks: "As long as the footprint is visible, the wealth from the pepper will not disappear." The pepper farmer then fetched the iron door from the "Uwe holes" and had it installed in the stone vault (pantry). The footprint and the iron door can still be seen today - the Pfeffergut, which is located on the sunny side of the Glemmtal valley, is a beautiful farm with a magnificent view. The "Uwe holes" are now part of the Kodok mountain and can be explored with the whole family!
The "Uwe holes" are part of the Berg Kodok adventure trail
The "Schlaberstatt" saga
The "Schlaberstatt Church Day" took place regularly on the "Pfonteben", a high terrace at an altitude of 1,700 meters at the head of the Hinterglemm valley. The young people danced, played music and made wedding plans. Once, a stranger came and played his Schwegelpfeife loudly and wildly, causing everyone to whirl around in circles. But when they saw how the strange musician made indentations in the stone slab while tapping out the beat, they realized that it was the devil himself who was playing for them and hammering away with his goat's foot. The devil was involved once again - this time disguised as a dancer. After these eerie events, not a blade of grass grew there for many years.
The Saalbach cemetery saga
A man in Saalbach once heard it said that if you pulled a sledge around the church on a Raunacht day between 00:00 and 01:00 in the witching hour, you would have "money and good enough" for the rest of your life. And so he set off and ventured out on a "Ziachschlittn "2. Just in time for the midnight chimes, the man entered the cemetery and trudged through the snow. When he thought he was almost safe, a ghost scurried out of a grave and sat on his sledge. But that wasn't enough - little by little, many, many ghosts gathered on the sleigh and the sleigh became heavier and heavier. The man became frightened - and so he let go of the sledge shortly before the time was up, dashed through the cemetery gate and finally stumbled over the church steps. As he no longer dared to go to the cemetery, his friends wanted to retrieve the sledge and his lost jacket the next day. But their efforts were in vain - everything was shredded and scattered over the graves.
1 Hummi holes: Probably derived from the word bumblebee holes, as there are holes in the rocks that may have been made by bumblebees.
2Ziachschlittn: Sledge for hand pulling, as used for transporting wood in the Alps.
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