The Jousting Maid
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| Geographic Coordinates: 53° 52' 3.72" N, 10° 41' 6.29" E |
On Carnival Thursday in 1570 a daring maidservant of Lübeck jousted publicly with a carpenter journeyman, wearing arms, a full set of armor, and riding a horse. She pushed him off his horse. However, the bet was only for a ton of Lübeckan weiss beer.