Stein Castle
Once, the Teutoons, the Romans and the Francs called the grounds around the village of Stein their home. In the thirteenth century however, began the history of the castle, which is now a ruin. The castle was build on an artificial hill, a motte, and lay directly at the banks of the river Meuse. In the eighteenth century, the upper-castle, as the castle itself was called, was condemned untenantable, so the people went to live in the lower-castle, which were the outbuildings.
The ruins of Stein Castle are the scenery of the ghost of Stein, a knight who was the terror of the neighbourhood. The knight became punished for all the crimes he commited. The devil appeared and dragged him to Hell. Every night at twelve o'clock the ghost of the knight appears again and rides in his carriage along all the places where he commited his crimes. One hour later, when he has finished his ride, he throws himself with carriage and all into the Meuse. Then steam and flames are coming from the water, till the damned knight has returned to Hell again.
The untenantable conmemned upper-castle of Stein.
