We spent one week in Germany exploring the castles along the Rhine River. We flew into Frankfurt where our plan was to rent a car for a few days. Our flight arrived a couple hours before our car rental reservation. We decided to start the car rental a little later since we our return flight was later in the afternoon and we had to rent in full 24 hour intervals. There was no line at the car rental counter so we put our feet up and relaxed.
One of our first stops was to Burg Liebenstein… The castles Liebenstein and Sterrneberg, situated on the long stretch of peaks above Bornhofen are among the most popular on the Rhine.
The best-known version of the legends tells of the two sons of a count, whose names were von Sterrenberg and von Liebenstein, who cheated their blind sister when they divided up their father’s inheritance. When it came time to split the gold pieces with a scoop, they turned it upside down when it was the sister’s turn to measure her share. While it felt like the scoop was filled to the brim, in fact only the bottom was covered. The blind woman used her share to have the cloister built at the foot of the castles.
Once their rich inheritance had been wasted, the brothers tried to put their differences behind them. They agreed to meet for an early morning hunting trip and the one who woke up first was to wake the other by shooting an arrow at the other’s window shutters. And so it happened. At the very moment when the arrow was shot into the air, the shutter opened and the first brother was horrified to see the arrow pierce his brother’s heart. The unintended killer of his own brother could find no peace; he travelled to the Holy Land and died there.
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