Case file · Folklore / legend

Tannhäuser and the Venusberg

A ballad printed in 1515 tells how the knight Tannhäuser lived in the hidden kingdom of Venus inside a mountain; the Hörselberg near Eisenach is named as the place.

1515 CE · 50.96, 10.43 · status: legend

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Tannhäuser
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