B.ellaIt's about time I presented you with a <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mountain?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mountain</a> in East Frisia! This is the Plytenberg in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Leer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Leer</a>. Its total height is an unspeakable 9.00 metres and it reaches its greatest height at 12.56 metres. Amazing, isn't it?<br>
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Some believe it was a pagan sacrificial site, others see it as an ancient tomb. However, popular legend has it that it dates back to the time when giants still existed. And this is the story:<br>
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Two giantesses once amused themselves on the islands of Baltrum and Juist. They enjoyed the glistening sand in the dunes and packed as much of it as they could hold into their aprons. Then they walked across the mudflats to Emden and walked along the Ems, each on a bank so that the river was between them. But the heavy sand tore their aprons apart and seeped through the holes, and so they each scattered a whole strip along the Ems. This is how the dykes were created.<br>
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When they saw Leer, one giantess leapt over to the other in a single bound. Her apron string broke and all the sand fell in a heap. And so the Plytenberg was formed 😊<br>
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