Schildhorn

Berlin · Deutschland · Natural site · Grusel 1/5

With Albert the Bear's riders at his heels, the Slavic prince Jaczo plunged into the Havel in full armour – pledging his soul to whichever god would let him reach the shore.

The Schildhorn headland juts into the Havel at the western edge of the Grunewald, the setting of one of the region's oldest legends. In 1157 the Slavic prince Jaczo of Köpenick fled from Albert the Bear after his failed attempt to seize the fortress of Brandenburg. With pursuers close behind, he drove his horse into the broad waters of the Havel. Weighed down by his armour he began to sink, and in mortal terror he cried out to the god of the Christians, whom he had despised: if that god carried him ashore, he would forsake the gods of his fathers. Jaczo reached the bank, and in gratitude hung his shield and horn in an oak – hence the name Schildhorn. In 1845 Friedrich Wilhelm IV raised an eight-metre sandstone column here to Stüler's design, a stylised tree with cross and shield, still watching over the spot where a prince traded gods for his life.

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Schildhorn liegt in Berlin, Deutschland.