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Then he bent his knee before his charming mistress who, with a deep blush on her cheeks, gave the man she had long but secretly loved love's first kiss. A happy marriage was speedily celebrated in Heimburg. This name was later on corrupted into Sponheim. St. Clement's Chapel There is a very melancholy legend connected with the foundation of St.
The holy relic had saved him, but he had lost his treasure, and now all hope of his promised happiness was gone. One day a weary and dispirited crusader returned to the castle of Heimburg. He announced his arrival to the young countess most humbly, but she, her lovely face lighted up by a bright smile, hurried to meet the knight whose sunburnt countenance betokened great hardships.
Thus stout Boos of Waldeck became lord of the village of Hüffelsheim. The Foundation of Castle Sponheim The following legend tells us about the origin of Castle Sponheim in the valley of the Nahe. Once a Knight of Ravensberg was eagerly wooing the beautiful young Countess of Heimburg, but there was a serious obstacle in his path to success.
Swemmel appears mostly in the diminutive form "Swemmelin". "Heimburg" lies on the Danube near the Hungarian border. "Misenburg" is the modern Wieselburg on the Danube, twenty-one miles southeast of Pressburg.
Some years before a Ravensberg had killed a Heimburg in a quarrel, and since that time a bitter feud had divided the two houses. The brave knight felt this bitterly, but in spite of it he did not leave off his wooing.
The burning of the castles of Reichenstein, Sooneck, Heimburg and others, was an awful sight to the inhabitants of the valley below. Numerous members of these ancient noble races met the death of felons, and their bodies were hung up on trees as a warning to others. Through the gates of Mainz many a robber baron was led as a prisoner by the soldiers of the emperor.
On the eighteenth morning they rode forth from Vienna. Many shields were pierced in tilting by spears, which the warriors bare in hand. Thus King Etzel came down to the Hunnish land. They spent the night at ancient Heimburg. No one might know the press of folk, or with what force they rode across the land. Ho, what fair women they found in Etzel's native land!
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