Austria (Republik Osterreich) stamp 1997
The stamp shows the "Ghost of Rosalia" over Forchtenstein Castle.
Die Grausame Rosalia Von Forchtenstein
(The Cruel Rosalia of Forchtenstein)
From the series: Tales and Legends - S 7
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The legend of the "terrible mistress of the castle": Rosalie, the wife of peace-loving Prince Giletus von Forchteinstein, was a terrible woman. Once when the prince was called away to war, Rosalie ("Sallah") acted as the high-handed mistress of the castle. She cruelly robbed and oppressed the peasants and many of them - either because they could not count or simply aroused the displeasure of the princess - died of starvation in the castle's black tower. Upon his return the prince pronounced judgement on his spouse. Just as those tortured by the terrible woman, she was tied to a rope and lowered down into the black tower where, suspended over the bodies of her victims, she was to starve to death. Every quarter of an hour the castle sentry stepped before a tower hatch and called below "Sallah he!". Each time a heart-rending scream penetrated up from the depths. On the eighth day there was silence in the tower. Since then Rosalia's ghost appeared at the midnight hour shining eerily around the black tower of Forchtenstein.
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