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The Bärenburg Castle once stood in the valley of Oppenau, but its remains are no longer visible. Soon after its destruction, a legend arose that a great treasure of gold and other valuables was hidden there. A young, brazen squire from Bosenstein got it into his mind to unearth this treasure. His heart greatly desired riches, and a traveling scholar had taught him an incantation for this purpose, as well as how to behave in such uncanny matters.
With great effort, he opened up an entrance and proceeded into the crypt. In it, crumbling skeletons could be found within the coffins, but no valuables were to be seen. Finally, in the last coffin, he discovered the corpse of a maiden of Bärenburg which had not yet undergone decomposition. On the coffin, there was an inscription indicating that she had been the last of her line. On her finger, she wore a glittering diamond, and around her neck a golden chain.
The squire was pleased at this find. He took the ring and the chain, and went home with them. The next day, he wanted to explore further, and went back into the ruins. The maiden whom he had seen in the coffin was sitting at the entrance. “You’ve taken my ring and my chain”, she said, “now give me your hand, for you must betroth yourself to me.” The squire shivered cold and hot. He hurried away, and died a few days later.
Source: Schreiber - Sagen aus den Gegenden des Rheins und des Schwarzwaldes Zweite Auflage, p. 176f