Weiße Frau Schwarzenberg, Cultural heritage monument in Schwarzenberg, Germany.
The Weiße Frau Schwarzenberg is a boundary stone made of marble, standing east of Hohe Henne along the road to Jägerhaus. This monument was constructed from marble sourced from Crottendorf rather than the typical granite used for such markers.
Between 1786 and 1794, the electoral forest areas of the upper Erzgebirge were resurveyed, and numbered boundary stones bearing the Saxon swords were set along the forest edges. The last of these, made of Crottendorf marble instead of granite, was placed a few hundred metres east of the Hohe Henne on the road to Jägerhaus. After 2006 the electoral coat of arms was struck off.
The stone bears inscriptions on all four sides naming those involved in its making, among them Chief Forester Gottlob Heinrich von Lindenau. Its light marble gave rise to the popular legend of a white woman abandoned by her husband, who is said to wait at the stone at midnight for his return.
The monument sits in a remote location and is accessible by way of Schwarzenberg's main roads. Visitors should wear sturdy footwear, as the path to the stone crosses rural terrain.
The stone's pale marble gave rise to the legend of a white woman abandoned by her husband, who is said to wait at the spot at midnight for his return. After 2006 the Electoral Saxon coat of arms was struck off the stone, so the carving is no longer visible.
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