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Foto CID Regional Studies
Photo-Document from 6th September 2005 - Photo-Excursion to Weilrod-Emmershausen
THE FRANZEN´S GRAVE
The Grave decoration changes from time to time it´s design. It is said, that "Loving Woman from the Village take care for the Grave and the Memory"
Source :
The Franze´s Grave Tale might be understood as the "Philosophical Brain and Head Story" of the Emmershausen Village during the 1960ies and 1970ies.
The Grave is localized about 50º22`25“ N 8º 21´50“ O
During his school time at Emmershausen Basic School the author received the following version of the tale by his teacher, Mr. Rudolph Wagner :
- "A son from an Emmershausen family named Franz found luckily a working place at the Audenschmiede Buderus Iron Foundry during the 18th / 19th Century thanks to the intermediation of his father. But the young worker was trapped then there by his boss when he stole something at the iron foundry factory and was send return to his father.
- His father entered in contact with the boss and intermediated for his son, that the latter never would do that again. In consecuence the Audenschmiede iron foundry company accepted the son again as worker, taking his father´s word as guarantee.
- But then Emmershausen son again stole something at Buderus and then was thrown out finally. His father, who saw that his son had broken his father´s promise, led his son into the Wehrholz- Forest upside Emmershausen, handed a shovel to him and let him dig a hole. The father then beated to death his son and buried him inside the grave."
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