The Treasure at Swords

Since time immemorial, an immeasurable treasure has been buried on the willow yard near Schwerte. Many people know about it, but to this day no one has managed to recover the treasure.

Nevertheless, swords tell a story in which there may be much truth. During the Thirty Years' War, for example, numerous soldiers were stationed in the city. One day two soldiers went to an inn, which stood where the mill can be found today. When they made their way home at night, they encountered a light figure. The virgin called the men by her name, and one of the soldiers answered, "What are you doing here? What do you want from us?"

Then the virgin answered, "I am guarding a treasure." And she told the man to return to this place alone the next night, to redeem her from her curse and to take the treasure. But the soldier was afraid and did not return to the Virgin the following night.

A short time later, an innocent sword citizen was approached in the same way by the young woman. And because he wanted to acquire riches, he came back that night. The virgin said, "Here, take this hoe and dig a hole here." But the man replied, "Do you do it!" And so did the young woman, as she had been told. She dug and chopped, and at one point a golden castle appeared, which belonged to a cellar door.

The man went into the cellar, and what his eyes saw was unbelievable: gold and silver in abundance. Immediately, he stuffed his pockets. The virgin shouted to him, "Don't forget the best!" But the man did not understand her request. He thought he should take only the gold, not the silver. And so he did. When he had amassed enough riches, he disappeared and closed the cellar door behind him.

But now the virgin sighed: "If you had only taken the key to this cellar, Then I would have been redeemed. And you, you would have become the richest person in the world." But now it was too late.

No one has ever seen the castle or the cellar door. But the Virgin still walks through swords at midnight and laments her suffering.