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A Fairy-Tale Afternoon: Buxtehude's Famous Legends |
| Section: CULTURE / FOLK WISDOM |
| Author: Spencer Lewerenz |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2002 |
| Size: 1,690 Words, 9,634 Characters |
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I am also welcomed by a middle-aged lady wearing the traditional dress of a bygone era. She introduces herself as Hannah, the town historian. She relates to me the fame Buxtehude has earned over the years--not as a real place, but as one that exists in fairy tales.
Though the town is real enough, from the way the locals talk, its special place in lore causes many to doubt it. Buxtehude's charming "old town" has all the fairy-tale trappings: narrow, cobbled alleyways, affectionately restored half-timber houses, and bridges over small, gurgling rivers. To make her point, Hannah shows me a bronze statue of a little boy leading a bull that stands not far from St. Peter's Church, in the town square. The statue, it turns out, has a meaning of its own that in turn sheds light on Buxtehude's ...
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...apple trees are small but hold many apples, making the harvest easy. Visitors enjoy driving or biking from farm to farm to buy fruit and other delicacies.
As it is autumn and harvesttime, we close our day with a visit to the Rieper family farm. I first drink a toast of apple schnapps and then a drink made from apple brandy and cider. All in all, a perfect end to a fairy-tale afternoon.
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