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MAG 23 Schwartzwald

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The Mausoleum of Johann Von Wertenberg in the Schvaldswald

Johann von Wertenberg built a mausoleum here in the middle of the Schvaldswald, six miles or more from Schramberg. I was sure he had never been a Count or Prince. More than that there had never been as far as I could recall any town or settlement near this spot that could have supported a cemetery of such size. The next morning I headed out early towards the old cemetery and once again made my way to that forgotten place. It looked exactly as I had left it, its door still yawning, and the sunlight seemed to make it very little distance over the threshold, before darkness once again swallowed it.

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