The Beautiful Lau of the Blautopf

Eduard Mörike's 1853 tale tells of a water nymph living in the Blautopf spring at Blaubeuren; the deep blue spring was said to be bottomless.

1853 CE · 48.42, 9.79 · status: legend

The sceptical view

Cave divers have mapped over 10 km of passages beneath the spring.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Blautopf