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al o 4 i BUCHNER'S ACCOUNT OF THE BREITENWINNER CAVE IN 1535 BUCHNER'S ACCOUNT OF THE Two of us were appointed leaders, to BREITENWINNER CAVE IN 1535 whom we others promised obedience, etc. Then we got ready to go into the hole This piece was found at an obscure web - which is so wide that one could turn a site on the Internet. If anyone has further wagon of hay in it. information regarding the 1535 expedition Each of us had to carry something: a into the Breitenwinner Cave, please let us _ piece of rope, a light, lantern, pickaxe, know. wine, bread, etc. And we sang cheerfully —Editor "We are travelling in the name of God!" One of the leaders went in first, the other R: emarkable tidings from the year leader brought up the rear. He secured the 1535! Twenty-five citizens of the entrance with rope and marked it with signs te £ Ambhare cat aff ta to avert danger, because if we should lose track of the ropes it would be impossible for us to get out again. After fastening the ropes to a rock we descended 500 klafters [950 m]. Four honest, strong men were selected to keep watch at the mouth of the mountain cave. Very soon we arrived at a very narrow cleft. One of our companions, a goldsmith who at home had desired to be the first one in the cave, was so frightened by the sight of it that he deserted us. But we crept on our stomachs some fifty —Editor emarkable tidings from the year R= Twenty-five citizens of the town of Amberg set off to a moun- tainous area three miles distant from Amberg. Near the village of Predenwind they went into a huge hollow mountain, about 900 klafters [1700 m] deep, and walked through to the other side. The mar- vels they saw there have been written down by Berthold Buchner. In the evening on the day of St Peter and St Paul, the abovementioned 25 men set off from Amberg with a cart laden with lad- ders, materials for making fire, stone- breaking tools, ropes, wine, bread, and other items useful for such an undertaking. They went to the market place of Hohenburg to stay overnight. Next day they started very early, meeting at the entrance of the mountain and debated. =i The ignorant will not believe this story, the experienced ones will not think it possi- ble. But we have seen it with our own eyes, and it is the truth. —1535. ite JUNE — JULY 2005 NEXUS = 61 s a¥ye Hi ce www.nexusmagazine.com