page_title: Scharfenstein (Hesse)
section_title: Cultural Heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Scharfenstein (Hesse) / Cultural Heritage
caption_attribution_description: English: Watercolour of Scharfenstein
context_page_description: Scharfenstein is a 304 metres hill composed of basalt in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district of North Hesse, Germany. It is the remains of one of a number of extinct volcanoes in the West Hesse Depression.
context_section_description: In 1838, Franz von Dingelstedt published a collection of poems, one of which was entitled 'Althessiche Sage' (English: old hessian legend).
  It tells the romantic story of a band of Roman warriors, who, after being defeated in battle by the German barbarians, ask for sanctuary. They are then locked inside the hill and only come out in moonlight.
  Ludwig Emil Grimm (14 March 1790 –– 4 April 1863), the third brother of the more famous Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, painted Scharfenstein in watercolours (see figure right) in 1835, i.e., before it broke apart.
caption: Watercolour of Scharfenstein
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