On an autumn Sunday in October, we traveled by bus from pouring in the Vogelsberg. We met at noon in the parking lot at the Ring avenue and puzzled as to whether we were well dressed warmly enough for the harsh mountain bird. The bus took us in any case once safe and warm in the 760 meters Hoherodskopf. There we spread out in small groups. Some wanted to take a little lunch, others took a short hike with a fantastic view, and others rode on the summer toboggan run or watch the keen sportsman in the wood.
Only a stone's throw was far from the bus after Hoherodskopf Ilbeshausen. There are the natural leader Manfred Meinhardt expected to walk through Schwarzbachtal.
Zünftig dressed and with an amazing walking stick that was carved out of the wood logged in, he took us up through the colorful autumn leaves forest. At selected sites, he told us clearly as the legend as a bird mountain got its name.
When the Lord God cast the devil out of heaven, this ended up in the zone Herchenhain and met a blacksmith. This concluded a pact with the devil, according to the Smith's soul to Satan, where these three things there that would make him the blacksmith. The first two tasks could not solve the devil and the last task of forging the devil took behind the house and there is a huge bird sitting on the Tree. What kind of bird is it? When the devil is not that strange bird could name, he flew with the stench of hell. This place was now named by the population as "Bird Mountain". Who wants to know what a bird it should be guided by Manfred Meinhardt through the mountain or on the Internet Bird look.
Another legendary place, the Uhuklippen - huge blocks of basalt, which are populated by owls and stimulate the imagination in their forms. According to legend, Noah was with his ship stranded here and turned to stone. It can be seen in the stones the shape of a ship, a face and various animals.
Only a few hundred meters a huge block of basalt is in the form of a table. At this so-called Devil's Table had once forest workers with a stranger played cards. Only when the stranger went to game won by then, the forest workers recognized the drawback that it was the devil.
We crossed the Black river over a wooden bridge and were happy after so many legends on a hot ground coffee.
the end of this day we had a suckling pig, which was by the Darmstadt court in Ulrichstein field crutches deliciously prepared and served with horseradish sauce and potatoes.
